In vitro studies on the photobiological properties of aloe emodin and aloin A

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-242

  Wamer, Wayne G ^a,c   Vath, Peter ^b   Falvey, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe emodin; Aloin; Free radicals; Metabolism; Oxidation; Phototoxicity; UV

Indexed keywords

ALOE EMODIN; ALOIN; DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; EMODIN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ALOE;

EID: 0037438849     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)01242-X     Document Type: Article

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