Pharmaceutical analysis of 5-aminolevulinic acid in solution and in tissues

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-71

  Donnelly, Ryan F ^a,b   Morrow, Desmond I J ^a   McCarron, Paul A ^a   Juzenas, Petras ^b   Woolfson, A David ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

5 aminolevulinic acid; Analysis; Drug delivery; HPLC; Liquid scintillation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLACETONE; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PHTHALALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALPHA PARTICLES; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; O-PHTHALALDEHYDE; PENTANONES; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29644438626     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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