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- Psoralen (also called psoralene) is the parent compound in a family of naturally occurring organic compounds known as the linear furanocoumarins. It is...
- PUVA (psoralen and UVA) is an ultraviolet light therapy treatment for skin diseases: vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, graft-versus-host disease, mycosis fungoides...
- methoxsalen followed by PUVA therapy. Chemically, methoxsalen is a derivative of psoralen and belongs to a class of organic natural molecules known as furanocoumarins...
- medicine. The seeds of this plant contain a variety of coumarins, including psoralen. Corylifolium comes from similarity of the leaves to those of Corylus,...
- different isomers. The parent compounds of the most common isomers are psoralen and angelicin. Derivatives of these two compounds are referred to respectively...
- In enzymology, a psoralen synthase (EC 1.14.13.102) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (+)-marmesin + NADPH + H+ + O2 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
- quantities of two furanocoumarins, psoralen and bergapten. The essential oil of fig leaves contains more than 10% psoralen, the highest concentration of any...
- of psoralen with exposure to ultraviolet A (UVA) light. The mechanism of action of PUVA is unknown, but probably involves activation of psoralen by UVA...
- 8-[2-(3-methylbutroxy)-3-hydroxy-3-methylbutoxy]psoralen, osthol, ostruthol, oxypeucedanin, p****opterin, psoralen and xanthotoxin, can be isolated from a chloroform...
- linking the 3, 4 (pyrone) or 4', 5’ (furan) edge of psoralen to the 5, 6 double bond of thymine. Psoralens can form two types of monoadducts and one diadduct...