Rapid, laser-induced conversion of 20-hydroxyecdysone and its diacetonide - Experimental set-up of a system for photochemical transformation of bioactive substances

Anticancer Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1291-1297

  Hunyadi, A ^a,d   Danko, B ^a,d   Boni, M ^b,d   Militaru, A ^b,d   Alexandru, T ^b   Nastasa, V ^b,d   Andrei, I R ^b   Pascu, M L ^b,d   Amaral, Leonard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; 20 Hydroxyecdysone 2,3; 20,22 diacetonide; Ecdysteroid; Laser photochemistry

Indexed keywords

20 HYDROXYECDYSONE DIACETONIDE; ECDYSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; LASER; LIGHT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ECDYSTERONE; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84860001836     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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