Novel phototherapeutic agents: Investigation and progress of hypocrellin derivatives

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1775-1785

  Xu, Shangjie ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxing ^b   Chen, Shen ^a   Zhang, Manhua ^a   Shen, Tao ^a   Wang, Zhengping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EPR; Hypocrellins; Photodynamic therapy; Singlet oxygen; Superoxide anion radical

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749670760     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wb0002     Document Type: Review

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