Identification and partial characterization of an unusual distribution of the photosensitizer meta-tetrahydroxyphenyl chlorin (temoporfin) in human plasma

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 482-488

  Hopkinson, Hazel J ^a   Vernon, David I ^a   Brown, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOPORPHYRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PLASMA PROTEIN; TEMOPORFIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; HUMANS; MESOPORPHYRINS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033113874     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03316.x     Document Type: Article

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