Photogenotoxicity of hypericin in HaCaT keratinocytes: Implications for St. John's Wort supplements and high dose UVA-1 therapy

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-224

  Traynor, N J ^a   Beattie, P E ^a   Ibbotson, S H ^a   Moseley, H ^a   Ferguson, J ^a   Woods, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Hypericin; Photobiology; Photogenotoxicity; Phototoxicity; UVA 1

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; KERATINOCYTE; PATIENT; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; KERATINOCYTES; PERYLENE; PHYTOTHERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

ANIMALIA; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 23044443597     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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