Title
PHOTOSENSITIZATION WITH DERIVATIVES OF CHLOROPHYLL
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1989
Abstract
Abstract The properties of several chlorophyll derivatives were examined: the methyl esters of pheophorbide A, pheophorbide B and pheophytin. In spite of structural differences, all products were equally effective sensitizers in vitro and were localized equally well by murine tumors in vivo after 1 h. But only the pheophytins persisted at neoplastic loci for 24 h. There was no evidence of hydrolysis of the methyl esters, but the phytyl ester linkage was labile in vivo. Copyright © 1989, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Photochemistry and Photobiology
First Page
157
Last Page
160
Recommended Citation
KESSEL, D., & SMITH, K. (1989). PHOTOSENSITIZATION WITH DERIVATIVES OF CHLOROPHYLL. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 49 (2), 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1989.tb04090.x