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Aminolevulinic Acid

Known as: Delta Aminolevulinic Acid, delta-ALA, 5-Amino-4-oxopentanoic Acid 
The active ingredient in a drug used to treat actinic keratosis (a skin condition that may become cancer). The drug is also being studied in the… 
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2-amino-5-hydroxy-4-oxopentanoic acid5-aminolaevulinic acid-n-pentylester5-chloro-4-oxo-L-norvaline5-diazo-4-oxonorvaline
AlanineAminolevulinate 200 MG/ML Topical Solution [Levulan]Delta aminolevulinate:MCnc:Pt:Plas:QnDelta aminolevulinate:MRat:24H:Urine:Qn

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Photosensitizing Agentslevulinic acid

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Review
2006
Review
2006
Fluorescence-guided surgery with 5-aminolevulinic acid for resection of malignant glioma: a randomised controlled multicentre phase III trial.
Review
2004
Review
2004
Mechanisms in photodynamic therapy: part one-photosensitizers, photochemistry and cellular localization.
Review
2004
Review
2004
The present and future role of photodynamic therapy in cancer treatment.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Fluorescence-guided resection of glioblastoma multiforme by using 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced porphyrins: a prospective study in 52 consecutive patients.
OBJECT It has been established that 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) induces the accumulation of fluorescent porphyrins in… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Intraoperative detection of malignant gliomas by 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced porphyrin fluorescence.
OBJECTIVE Survival after surgery and radiotherapy for the treatment of malignant gliomas is linked to the completeness of tumor… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
5‐Aminolevulinic acid‐based photodynamic therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer patients has developed into an important new clinical treatment modality in the past 25… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
5‐Aminolevulinic Acid‐Based Photodynamic Therapy: Principles and Experimental Research
The iron(I1) complex of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)? (heme) is bound to different proteins to form key biomolecules (hemoproteins… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
cPLA2 is phosphorylated and activated by MAP kinase
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Photodynamic therapy with endogenous protoporphyrin IX: basic principles and present clinical experience.
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
THE OCCURRENCE AND DETERMINATION OF δ-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID AND PORPHOBILINOGEN IN URINE
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