Measurement of phylloerythrin (phytoporphyrin) in plasma or serum and skin from sheep photosensitised after ingestion of narthecium ossifragum

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Scheie, E ^a   Ryste, E V ^b   Flaoyen A ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alveld; Fluorescence spectrofluorometry; Hepatogenous photosensitisation; Measurement; Photosensitiser; Phylloerythrin; Phytoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

PHYLLOERYTHRIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ECZEMA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GRAZING; INGESTION; LAMB; NARTHECIUM OSSIFRAGUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PLANT; RESTLESSNESS; SCRATCHING; SKIN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALIA; LAMB; NARTHECIUM OSSIFRAGUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038542255     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2003.36347     Document Type: Article

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