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Most photobiological studies concerning psoralens, 5M0P and 8M0P, were performed with the aim of characterizing its action at cellular level, as they are potent skin photosensitizers used in photochemiotherapy. In this way, much more is known on photochemical reactions of psoralens with biological macromolecules, than on its basic photophysical parameters and their dependence on the dielectric properties of the medium. Consequently the implication of S1 and/or T1 excited states in the photochemical reactions of psoralens is still a matter of controversy (Beaumont et al. 1983, and Bensasson et al. 1980).
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Sá e Melo, T., Macanita, A., Prieto, M., Bazin, M., Ronfard-Haret, J.C., Santus, R. (1988). Photophysical Behaviour of 5-Methoxypsoralen in Different Solvent Systems. In: Moreno, G., Pottier, R.H., Truscott, T.G. (eds) Photosensitisation. NATO ASI Series, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73151-8_41
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