Light-dependent cytotoxicity of fluoranthene: Oxygen-dependent membrane damage
| Autor: | R. W. Tuveson, Jacques Kagan, Allison B. Stokes, Hai-Hua Gong |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Fluoranthene
Environmental Engineering Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health chemistry.chemical_element Biological membrane General Medicine General Chemistry medicine.disease Pollution Oxygen Hemolysis Red blood cell chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Biochemistry Ultraviolet light medicine Biophysics Environmental Chemistry Phototoxicity Cytotoxicity |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 16:2417-2422 |
| ISSN: | 0045-6535 |
| Popis: | Fluoranthene, in the presence of ultraviolet light (300–400 nm) induces the hemolysis of human erythrocytes. The absence of photohemolysis under anaerobic conditions proves that a photodynamic process is responsible for the light-dependent cytotoxicity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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