The significance of the nature of the photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy: quantitative and biological studies in the colon.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) depends on the interaction of light with an administered photosensitiser to produce a local cytotoxic effect. The most widely used photosensitiser is haematoporphyrin derivative (HpD), but newer photosensitisers such as aluminium sulphonated phthalocyanine (A1SPc) are prom...

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Main Authors: Barr, H., MacRobert, A. J., Tralau, C. J., Boulos, P. B., Bown, S. G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1990
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1971516/