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The use of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its derivatives in photodynamic therapy and diagnosis [PDF]
Biuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej, 2018 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is used as a drug in the photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) of cancer. Combined with irradiation at the appropriate wavelength, it is used as a photosensitizer precursor to identify/kill tumour cells.
Anna Romiszewska, Aneta Bombalska
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5‐Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase [PDF]
European Journal of Biochemistry, 1981 The thiophilic reagent 5,5′‐dithiobis(2‐nitrobenzoic acid) (Nbs2) reacts with four sulphydryl groups in native 5‐aminolevulinic acid dehydratase from bovine liver (groups I, II, III and IV). All four of these groups exhibit various degrees of half‐site reactivity.
J S, Seehra +3 more
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5-Aminolevulinic Acid and Red Led in Endodontics: A Narrative Review and Case Report
Gels, 2022 The present study aims to discuss the main factors involving the use of 5-aminolevulinic acid together with red LED light and its application in endodontic treatment through a narrative review and a case report. Persistence of microorganisms remaining on
Simonetta D’Ercole +8 more
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5‐Aminolevulinic acid‐based photodynamic therapy [PDF]
Cancer, 1997 Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer patients has developed into an important new clinical treatment modality in the past 25-years. PDT involves administration of a tumor-localizing photosensitizer or photosensitizer prodrug (5-aminolevulinic acid [ALA], a precursor in the heme biosynthetic pathway) and the subsequent activation of the photosensitizer
Qian Peng +6 more
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Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of extramammary paget’s disease
Biomedical Photonics, 2022 Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is a rare tumor that predominantly affects the skin containing apocrine glands. Due to insufficient data on the effectiveness of different methods, there is no single therapeutic approach to the treatment of patients ...
E. V. Filonenko, V. Ivanova-Radkevich
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5-Aminolevulinic acid synthesis in Escherichia coli [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 1989 A hemA mutant of Escherichia coli containing a multicopy plasmid which complemented the mutation excreted 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) into the medium. [1-14C]glutamate was substantially incorporated into ALA by this strain, whereas [2-14C]glycine was not. Periodate degradation of labeled ALA showed that C-5 of ALA was derived from C-1 of glutamate. The
J M, Li +3 more
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Beef‐Liver 5‐Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase [PDF]
European Journal of Biochemistry, 1972 Beef liver 5‐aminolevulinate dehydratase was purified 700‐fold by salt fractionation, heat treatment, gel filtration and ion‐exchange chromatography. The final product was homogeneous by electrophoretic, ultracentrifugal and immunological criteria and had a molecular weight, by the low‐speed equilibrium method, of 260000.
E L, Wilson, P E, Burger, E B, Dowdle
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Transurethral resection and surveillance of bladder cancer supported by 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced fluorescence endoscopy [PDF]
, 1999 Purpose: We determined whether neoplastic disease, which was missed under white light can be found during transurethral resection of bladder cancer by 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced porphyrin fluorescence.
Baumgartner, Reinhold +6 more
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Effects on Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria Mediated by 5-Aminolevulinic Acid and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Derivatives [PDF]
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2008 ABSTRACT Due mainly to the extensive use of antibiotics, the spread of multiresistant bacterial strains is one of the most worrying threats to public health. One strategy that can be used to overcome potential shortcomings might be the inactivation of these microorganisms by 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) or 5-ALA derivative ...
Fotinos, Nicolas +4 more
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Electronic and optical properties of 5-AVA-functionalized BN nanoclusters: A DFT study [PDF]
, 2016 We carried out detailed density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations upon 5-aminolevulinic acid-functionalized B12N12 and B16N16 nanoclusters with the B3LYP, B3PW91, and PBE methods using the 6-311+G∗∗
Balakheyli, H. +4 more
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