Phthalocyanine-photosensitized inactivation of a pathogenic protozoan, Acanthamoeba palestinensis

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 668-672

  Kassab, Kawser ^a   Dei, Donata ^b   Roncucci, Gabrio ^b   Jori, Giulio ^c   Coppellotti, Olimpia ^c  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b Molteni Farmaceutici   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; PHTHALOCYANINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RLP068;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA PALESTINENSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA PALESTINENSIS; PROTOZOA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 0141433195     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b300293d     Document Type: Article

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