Reduction in hypericin-induced phototoxicity by Hypericum perforatum extracts and pure compounds

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-130

  Schmitt, Laura A ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Murphy, Patricia A ^a   Petrich, Jacob W ^a   Dixon, Philip M ^a,b   Birt, Diane F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

HaCaT keratinocytes; Hypericin; Hypericum perforatum; Lipid peroxidation; Phototoxicity; St. John's Wort

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FLAVONOID; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PHORBOL DERIVATIVE; PYROPHEOPHORBIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERYLENE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 33749599557     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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