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Phototoxicity

A condition in which the skin or eyes become very sensitive to sunlight or other forms of light. It can be caused by taking certain drugs, or rubbing… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Novel methods to incorporate photosensitizers into nanocarriers for cancer treatment by photodynamic therapy
A hydrophobic photosensitizer, 2‐[1‐hexyloxyethyl]‐2‐devinyl pyropheophorbide‐a (HPPH), was loaded into nontoxic biodegradable… 
2007
2007
Theoretical study of ibuprofen phototoxicity.
The photochemical properties and degradation of the common nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen is studied by means of… 
2005
2005
Core-modified porphyrins. Part 5: Electronic effects on photophysical and biological properties in vitro.
2001
2001
Photoinduced toxicity of retene to Daphnia magna under enhanced UV-B radiation.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Chloroaluminum phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate delivered via acid‐labile diplasmenylcholine‐folate liposomes: Intracellular localization and synergistic phototoxicity
Folate‐diplasmenylcholine (1,2‐di‐O‐(Z‐1′‐hexadecenyl)‐sn‐glycero‐3‐phosphocholine; DPPlsC) liposomes have been shown to greatly… 
1996
1996
Hypericin‐Induced Phototoxicity in Cultured Fibroblasts and Swine Erythrocytes
Hypericin is a naturally occurring photosensitizer, whose presence in plants has been responsible for cutaneous phototoxicity in… 
1993
1993
Artificial light and early-life exposure in age-related macular degeneration and in cataractogenic phototoxicity.
To the Editor. —Taylor et al1report that visible light, particularly blue light (400 to 500 nm), may be a risk factor for age… 
1992
1992
MECHANISMS OF CITRAL PHOTOTOXICITY
Citral, a monoterpene aldehyde synthesized by several plant genera, has been reported to exhibit antimicrobial activity. For the… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
NOVEL RED ABSORBING BENZO[a]PHENOXAZINIUM and BENZO[a]PHENOTHIAZINIUM PHOTOSENSITIZERS: in vitro EVALUATION
Abstract Taking advantage of the‘heavy atom’effect, we have recently prepared a series of nine novel halogenated and sulfur… 
1987
1987
INVOLVEMENT OF SINGLET OXYGEN IN THE PHOTOTOXICITY MECHANISM FOR A METABOLITE OF PIROXICAM
It has been previously shown that a metabolite of piroxicam but not piroxicam itself causes phototoxicity to cells in vitro after… 
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