Urea enhances the photodynamic efficiency of methylene blue

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-37

  Nuñez, Silvia C ^a   Yoshimura, Tania M ^a   Ribeiro, Martha S ^a   Junqueira, Helena C ^b   Maciel, Cleiton ^c   Coutinho Neto, Maurício D ^c   Baptista, Maurício S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; FACTOR A; MESO TETRA(4 N METHYL-PYRIDYL)PORPHYRIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MONOMER; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PORPHYRIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERADICATION THERAPY; ILLUMINATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVATION; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; UREA;

EID: 84940440472     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: 18732682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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