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Photosensitizing Agents

Known as: Agents, Photosensitizing, Photosensitizing Agent, Photosensitizers 
Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a… 
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Review
2011
Review
2011
Photodynamic therapy of cancer: An update
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved, minimally invasive therapeutic procedure that can exert a selective… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Activatable photosensitizers for imaging and therapy.
2. Activatable Photosensitizer Design Considerations 2842 2.1. Activation Strategy 2842 2.2. Photosensitizer Selection 2844 2.3… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Upconversion nanoparticles in biological labeling, imaging, and therapy.
Upconversion refers to non-linear optical processes that convert two or more low-energy pump photons to a higher-energy output… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Porphyrin and Nonporphyrin Photosensitizers in Oncology: Preclinical and Clinical Advances in Photodynamic Therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is now a well‐recognized modality for the treatment of cancer. While PDT has developed progressively… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Photodynamic therapy and anti-tumour immunity
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses non-toxic photosensitizers and harmless visible light in combination with oxygen to produce… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Mechanisms in photodynamic therapy: part one-photosensitizers, photochemistry and cellular localization.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Pharmaceuticals in STP effluents and their solar photodegradation in aquatic environment.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Photosensitized singlet oxygen and its applications
Review
1992
Review
1992
Endogenous protoporphyrin IX, a clinically useful photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy.
Review
1981
Review
1981
The optics of human skin.
An integrated review of the transfer of optical radiation into human skin is presented, aimed at developing useful models for… 
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