Photobleaching of protoporphyrin IX in c
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Johan Moan; Giedre Streckyte; Saulius Bagdonas; Øystein Bech; Kristian Berg
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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Protoporphyrin IX (Pp IX) is the main photosensitizer in photochemotherapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). Pp IX is photolabile and the present work shows that 70-95% of Pp IX in cells is degraded by clinically relevant light exposures (40-200 J cm 22 at 630 nm). During light exposure a small yiel