Tattoo inks contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that additionally generate deleterious singlet oxygen

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Regensburger, Johannes ^a   Lehner, Karin ^a   Maisch, Tim ^a   Vasold, Rudolf ^a   Santarelli, Francesco ^a   Engel, Eva ^a   Gollmer, Anita ^a   König, Burkhard ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black tattoo ink; PAHs; Singlet oxygen; Skin; UVA

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; INK; PHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SINGLET OXYGEN; TATTOO INK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MITOCHONDRION; TATTOO;

CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; HUMANS; INK; KERATINOCYTES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SINGLET OXYGEN; TATTOOING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77954842069     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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