In vitro investigation on the pH dependence of the absorption and fluorescence properties of the photosensitizer mTHPC

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-338

  Zimmermann, Andreas ^a,b   Ritsch Marte, Monika ^a   Kostron, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Institute of Medical Physics   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TETRAKIS(3 HYDROXYPHENYL)CHLORIN; MESOPORPHYRIN; SOLVENT; TEMOPORFIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PH; PHOTODYNAMICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; CHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MESOPORPHYRINS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0036551497     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)075<0335:IVIOTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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