Photo-excitation of carotenoids causes cytotoxicity via singlet oxygen production

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 417, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 640-645

  Yoshii, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yoshii, Yukie ^a,b   Asai, Tatsuya ^b   Furukawa, Takako ^a,b   Takaichi, Shinichi ^c   Fujibayashi, Yasuhisa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Electron spin resonance; Reactive oxygen species; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FUCOXANTHIN; HISTIDINE; LOROXANTHIN; NEOXANTHIN; OXYGEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE;

CAROTENOIDS; CYTOTOXINS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SKIN DISEASES; TRIACETONEAMINE-N-OXYL; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ALGAE;

EID: 84855812936     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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