Effectiveness of 5-aminolevulinic Acid-mediated Photodynamic Therapy Combined With Curcumin
5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is the mitochondria metabolite produced from glycine and succinyl-CoA, which is converted to protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) by the conjugation of eight itself molecules forming the “heme” group in the porphyrin ring (Figure 1) [1]. The PpIX is used as a photosensitizer (PS) w...
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Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
2023-07-01
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| Online Access: | http://pbr.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-528-en.pdf |