Spectroscopic characterization and photobleaching kinetics of hypericin-N-methyl pyrrolidone formulations

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1018-1023

  Saw, Constance Lay Lay ^a   Olivo, Malini ^b   Soo, Khee Chee ^b   Heng, Paul Wan Sia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; COPOLYVIDONUM; DRUG ADDITIVE; HYPERICIN; N METHYLPYRROLIDONE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYMER; POVIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33750567551     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b602807a     Document Type: Article

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