Spectrofluorometric analysis of phylloerythrin (phytoporphyrin) in plasma and tissues from sheep suffering from facial eczema

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 104-110

  Scheie, E ^a   Smith, B L ^b   Cox, N ^b   Flaoyen A ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Facial eczema; Hepatogenous photosensitisation; Photosensitiser; Phylloerythrin; Phytoporphyrin; Sheep; Sporidesmin

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PHYLLOERYTHRIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; SPORIDESMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ECZEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBER OPTICS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; SHEEP; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038203597     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2003.36348     Document Type: Article

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