Biological activities of water-soluble phenoxazines

Journal of Tokyo Medical University

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 600-616

  Tomoda, Akio ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioactivities; Water soluble phenoxazines

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 CARBOXY 6 METHYLPHENOL; 2 AMINO 3 METHYLPHENOL; 2 AMINO 3 PHENOXAZINONE; 2 AMINO 4 METHYLPHENOL; 2 AMINO 4,4A DIHYDRO 4A,7 DIMETHYL 3H PHENOXAZIN 3 ONE; 2 AMINO 5 METHYLPHENOL; 2 AMINO 6 METHYLPHENOL; 2 AMINOPHENOL; 3 AMINO 1,4A DIHYDRO 4A,8 DIMETHYL 2H PHENOXAZIN 2 ONE; 3 HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; ARSPHENAMINE; CINNABRINIC ACID; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; PHENOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYPHILIS;

EID: 10844272301     PISSN: 00408905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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