Drug delivery of aminolevulinic acid from topical formulations intended for photodynamic therapy.

abstract：:The photoluminescence (PL) of CdSe quantum dots (QD) in aqueous media has been studied in the presence of gold nanoparticles (NP) with different shapes. The steady state PL intensity of CdSe QD (1.5-2 nm in size) is quenched in the presence of gold NP. Picosecond bleach recovery and nanosecond time-resolved luminescen...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Nikoobakht B,Burda C,Braun M,Hun M,El-Sayed MA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on damage photosensitized by the fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibacterial drugs. Different models are employed to study biosubstrate photodamage mediated by FQs (organisms, cells, isolated biomolecules and super molecules). Being that the effect of environment (polarity of the medium, ions, pH, binding w...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： de Guidi G,Bracchitta G,Catalfo A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbal extracts including asiatic acid (AA) have become popular candidates of anti-photoaging agents due to their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and minimal side effect. Nevertheless, low bioavailability due to poor solubility limits their practical application. In this study, a highly bioavailable form ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Huang J,Tu T,Wang W,Zhou G,Zhang W,Wu X,Liu W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding interactions of three naphthalimide derivatives with heteropoly nucleic acids have been evaluated using fluorescence, absorption and circular dichroism spectroscopies. Mono- and bifunctionalized naphthalimides exhibit sequence-dependent variations in their affinity toward DNA. The heteropoly nucleic acids,...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： McMasters S,Kelly LA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyocyanin (PyO-) (1-hydroxy-5-methylphenazine) is a cytotoxic compound secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an omnipresent bacterium and a human pathogen. We report that visible light illumination in the presence of rose bengal, or riboflavin, in aerated solutions (pH 7.0-7.2) induces irreversible loss of the pigment's...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Reszka KJ,Denning GM,Britigan BE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences between global radiation UVER (erythemal ultraviolet solar radiation) received under full sun and diffuse radiation received under the shadow of two types of tree are analyzed to check the importance of these components on human exposure to UV radiation. Blue Line spores dosimeters of VioSpor were used for...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ysasi GG,Ribera LJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes treated with delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) can accumulate the photoactive, fluorescent heme precursor, protoporphyrin IX (PpIX). With visible light illumination, PpIX can be used in photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) to kill or functionally alter cells. The aim of this study was to characterize the effects o...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hryhorenko EA,Rittenhouse-Diakun K,Harvey NS,Morgan J,Stewart CC,Oseroff AR

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) have been suggested as photosensitizers that are capable of mediating eye lens photo-damage during aging. In the present work, we investigate the photo-crosslinking and oxidation of bovine lens proteins sensitized by AGEs, with special regard to low oxygen conditions. A mechanisti...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Fuentealba D,Friguet B,Silva E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared mutagenesis and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) induction by 193 nm and 308 nm pulsed excimer laser radiation with 254 nm low intensity continuous wave UV light in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells in culture. The 254 nm radiation was most mutagenic of the radiations, in accordance with expectation, and al...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rasmussen RE,Hammer-Wilson M,Berns MW

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) of skin tumors it is desirable to develop vehicles that minimize the penetration of ALA through normal stratum corneum and maximize it through the compromised stratum corneum of the tumors to improve tumor selectivity. We have designed a bioadhes...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Donnelly RF,Ma LW,Juzenas P,Iani V,McCarron PA,Woolfson AD,Moan J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important step in predicting the effects of future increases in UV radiation (UVR) is to evaluate the mechanisms that organisms use to prevent and repair DNA damage and determine how those mechanisms influence UVR sensitivity. Damage is prevented to varying degrees through photoprotection and repaired via two main ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Olson MH,Mitchell DL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total ozone column (TOC) is the most significant quantity for estimating the erythemally effective UV radiation under clear sky conditions. Uncertainties in TOC measurements and a limited spatial and temporal resolution therefore influence the quality of calculated erythemally effective radiation. The UV Index, th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Schmalwieser AW,Erbertseder T,Schauberger G,Weihs P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the influence of infrared radiation (IR) on regeneration, after autotomy of limb buds of Neohelice granulata and consequently the time molt. Eyestalks were ablated to synchronize the start of molt. Afterward, animals were autotomized of five pereopods and divided into control and irradiated groups....

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gonzalez VC,Lena AB,Espindola WA,de Souza Votto AP,Jorge MB,de Moraes Vaz Batista Filgueira D,Bianchini A,Sérgio Varela Júnior A,Nery LE,Trindade GS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloride effect on the photobleaching process of iodopsin, a chicken red-sensitive cone visual pigment, was studied in detail by time-resolved low-temperature spectroscopy at -40 degrees C to -10 degrees C. Decay-associated difference spectra obtained by kinetic analysis using the singular value decomposition meth...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Imamoto Y,Shichida Y

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV-induced toxicity is characterized by marked oxidative stress, accompanied by the depletion of key cellular antioxidants, particularly glutathione (GSH). Replenishing cellular GSH may represent a means of counteracting UV-induced toxicity: however, treatment with free GSH is not therapeutically effective due to its ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wright D,Zampagni M,Evangelisti E,Conti S,D'Adamio G,Goti A,Becatti M,Fiorillo C,Taddei N,Cecchi C,Liguri G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the fluorescence lifetime of the well-known 1-pyrene butyric acid (PBA) to assess oxygen concentrations in living cells. The behavior of the probe is first studied in water, ethanol, protein solution and liposome suspension. The Stern-Volmer plot of these solutions is linear, and the bimolecular reaction rate...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ribou AC,Vigo J,Salmon JM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a facile method to prepare CdS/SiO(2) composite microspheres and their good catalytic properties. In our method, monodispersed SiO(2) particles bearing amino groups (-NH(2)) were synthesized at first and then used as carriers to load nanosized CdS particles to form CdS/SiO(2) composite microspher...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Peng C,Cheng X,Chen S,Li X,Li T,Zhang D,Huang Z,Zhang A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the design and synthesis of porphyrin-metallocene dyads consisting of a metallocene [either ferrocene or mixed sandwich η(5)-[C5H4(COOH)]Co(η(4)-C4Ph4) connected via an ester linkage at meso phenyl position of either free-base or zinc porphyrin. All these dyad systems were characterized by various spect...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gokulnath S,Achary BS,Kumar CK,Trivedi R,Sridhar B,Giribabu L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)) is the most important cytotoxic agent in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The feasibility of using a chemiluminescence (CL) probe, 3,7-dihydro-6-[4-(2-(N'-(5-fluoresceinyl)thioureido)ethoxy)phenyl]-2-methylimidazo{1,2-a}pyrazin-3-one sodium salt (fluoresceinyl Cypridina luciferin analog, FCLA), to ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Qin Y,Xing D,Luo S,Zhou J,Zhong X,Chen Q

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive exposure of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, particularly its UV-B component, to humans causes many adverse effects that include erythema, hyperplasia, hyperpigmentation, immunosuppression, photoaging and skin cancer. In recent years, there is increasing use of botanical agents in skin care products. Pomegr...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Afaq F,Malik A,Syed D,Maes D,Matsui MS,Mukhtar H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among beetle luciferases, the pH-sensitive firefly luciferases have been studied extensively. Much less is known about pH-insensitive luciferases, which include click beetle and railroad worm luciferases. Previously, we found that the residues R215 and T226 (N230) are important for green light emission. Here we show t...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Viviani VR,Uchida A,Viviani W,Ohmiya Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic injection of hematoporphyrin derivative (HpD) in contribution with visible light (red or blue-green) delivered by laser was used to treat a patient with psoriasis. The psoriatic lesions responded vigorously to laser treatments, forming eschars by 1 week post irradiation. In contrast, only minimal erythema was...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： McCullough JL,Weinstein GD,Douglas JL,Berns MW

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exposure of outdoor car guards to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR), the majority with deeply pigmented skin, to solar UVR was measured for five consecutive days during early spring (September 2017) in South Africa using electronic UVR dosimeters attached to the upper arm of each participant. The exposure of the n...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Nkogatse MM,Ramotsehoa MC,Eloff FC,Wright CY

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solar radiation is known to be a major contributor to the development of skin cancer. Most sunscreen formulations, including those with broad spectrum, offer minimal protection in long-wavelength ultraviolet A1 (UVA1; 370-400 nm) and visible light (VL; 400-700 nm) domain. There is limited information regarding the imp...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kohli I,Zubair R,Lyons AB,Nahhas AF,Braunberger TL,Mokhtari M,Ruvolo E,Lim HW,Hamzavi IH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a thermovisual comparison of mean hand surface temperature changes upon local heating with two different IR sources. Sixty-six patients with rheumatoid arthritis (47 women and 19 men; average age, 56.1 ± 8.6 years) were subjected to topical heat therapy for one hand with either the standard IR radiator (S...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Rutkowski R,Straburzyńska-Lupa A,Korman P,Romanowski W,Gizińska M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the changes in isoflavone levels and the expression of genes involved in their biosynthesis were studied in two Astragalus by UPLC-MS and real-time PCR after 10 days of UV-B treatment (λmax  = 313 nm, 804 J m-2 ). Isoflavones were significantly induced by UV-B irradiation. The influence might be activate...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Liu Y,Liu J,Wang Y,Abozeid A,Tian DM,Zhang XN,Tang ZH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Photochemical Research Group from San Luis (Argentina) highlights the contributions of Dr. Norman Andino García to the development of the group as a way to show him our gratitude for all his support. ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ferrari G,Montaña MP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic field effect studies of alkylcobalamin photolysis provide evidence for the formation of a reactive radical pair that is born in the singlet spin state. The radical pair recombination process that is responsible for the magnetic field dependence of the continuous-wave (CW) quantum yield is limited to the diffu...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Natarajan E,Grissom CB

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that variations in cellular phototoxicity among a series of alkynyl-substituted zinc trisulfophthalocyanines (ZnPcS3Cn) correlates with their hydrophobicity, with the most amphiphilic derivatives showing the highest cell uptake and phototoxicity. In this study we address the role of the plasma mem...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Cauchon N,Nader M,Bkaily G,van Lier JE,Hunting D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year field study on the effect of different light environments, obtained by using cladding materials (polyethylene films and shade net) able to cut off specific regions of the photosynthetically active radiation and ultraviolet wavebands, on the growth and phenylpropanoids content of Achillea collina grown in the ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Giorgi A,Manzo A,Vagge I,Panseri S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00