The phototoxicity of phenothiazinium-based photosensitizers to bacterial membranes

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 124-130

  Hussain, Saimah ^a   Harris, Frederick ^a   Phoenix, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli membranes; Phenothiazinium based photosensitizers; Photodynamic action; Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; LIPID; PHENOTHIAZINIUM; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE TARGETING; INCUBATION TIME; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIPID MONOLAYER; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; DARKNESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; LIGHT; PHENOTHIAZINES; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 33645078383     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2005.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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