Photosensitization of pancreatic tumour cells by δ-aminolaevulinic acid esters

Anti-Cancer Drug Design

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-170

  Whitaker, C J ^a   Battah, S H ^a   Forsyth, M J ^a   Edwards, C ^a   Boyle, R W ^a   Matthews, E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aminolaevulinic acid esters; Pancreatic cancer; Photodynamic therapy; Photosensitization of tumour cells; Protoporphyrin IX

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG UPTAKE; ESTERIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESTERS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033813869     PISSN: 02669536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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