Article
Photochemotherapy using pyridopsoralens.
Biochimie - 1 Jan 2000
Dubertret L, Averbeck D, Bisagni E, Moron J, Moustacchi E, Billardon C, Papadopoulo D, Nocentini S, Vigny P, Blais J
Abstract excerpt
Aiming to decrease the acute side effects and genotoxic hazards of PUVA, pyrido (3,4-C) psoralen (PP) and 7-methyl pyrido (3,4-C) psoralen (MPP) were synthesized and studied. Their UVA maximum absorption lies at 325 and 330 nm, respectively. Their photostability is comparable to that of 8-MOP. They complex to DNA in the dark, and, in the presence of UVA, produce only monoadditions to DNA, as shown by fluorescence...
Topics
- 5-Methoxypsoralen
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Erythema
- Furocoumarins
- Humans
- Methoxsalen
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- PUVA Therapy
- Pain
