Bacteriochlorophyll-a as photosensitizer
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Barbara W. Henderson; Adam B. Sumlin; Barbara L. Owczarczak; Thomas J. Dougherty
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Article
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1991
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Bacteriochlorophyll-a (bChla), which absorbs light of 780 nm wavelength, was tested for in vivo photodynamic activity in the SMT-F and RIF transplantable mouse tumor systems. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of tissue extracts showed that bChla was rapidly degraded in vivo to b