Hypericin: A new laser phototargeting agent for human cancer cells

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 479-483

  VanderWerf, Quinten M ^a   Saxton, Romaine E ^a   Chang, Andrew ^b   Horton, Dennis ^b   Paiva, Marcos B ^a   Anderson, Jamey ^b   Foote, Christopher ^b   Soudant, Jacques ^c   Mathey, Annick ^d   Castro, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Museum d'Histoire Naturalle   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYPERICIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CELL SURVIVAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PERYLENE; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0344091631     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199604000-00016     Document Type: Article

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