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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146146503321

Autore

Wainwright Mark

Titolo

Photosensitisers in biomedicine [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Wainwright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley/Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-282-12359-9

9786612123597

0-470-74495-2

0-470-74494-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

615.8/31

Soggetti

Photosensitizing compounds

Photochemotherapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Chemistry of photosensitisers -- pt. 3. Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Photosensitisers in Biomedicine offers clear and comprehensive coverage of the many different photosensitiser types, including information on their many applications that now extend beyond anticancer therapy. These applications now include photoantimicrobial treatments not only in microbial disease, but also in the microbial resistance to conventional drugs, which is circumvented by photomicrobial action. The application of photoantimicrobials in biological fluids is also of considerable importance in the current era of HIV and is discussed in the book. This text offers the most up-to