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[Potentially dangerous photosensitizers among drugs and medicinal plant extracts]
E L Lozovskaia1, I V Bol'shakova, E N Makareeva
1Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciencies, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The review deals with photosensitizing properties of drugs and plant extracts. Some compounds are able to cause side effects such as phototoxicity and photoallergy. Revealing and study of harmful photosensitizers is actual problem in connection with changing photoecological situation.