2024年4月29日 · Psoralen - cas 66-97-7, synthesis, structure, density, melting point, boiling point

Psoralen (also called psoralene) is the parent compound in a family of naturally occurring organic compounds known as the linear furanocoumarins. It is structurally related to coumarin by the addition of a fused furan ring, and may be considered as a derivative of umbelliferone.

2024年3月12日 · Psoralens are medicines made from plants. They make your skin more sensitive to light. Methoxsalen is the most common psoralen drug. Today, doctors use psoralens with sunlamps or light booths...

2024年9月6日 · Psoralens are chemicals found in certain plants. These chemicals make the skin temporarily more sensitive to light. As a light-sensitive drug that absorbs longwave ultraviolet radiation (ultraviolet A, or UVA), psoralen is used with a type of light therapy called PUVA therapy.

PUVA (psoralen and UVA) is an ultraviolet light therapy treatment for skin diseases: vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, graft-versus-host disease, mycosis fungoides, large plaque parapsoriasis, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, using the sensitizing effects of the drug psoralen.

Psoralen is a light-sensitive drug that absorbs ultraviolet (long wave - UVA) light and acts like ultraviolet radiation. Psoralens are used together with ultraviolet light (PUVA therapy) to treat skin conditions such as vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis and skin problems related to certain lymphomas.

Psoralen is a family of naturally occurring photoactive compounds found in plants that acquire potential cytotoxicity when activated by specific frequencies of electromagnetic waves. Psoralens penetrate the phospholipid cellular membranes and insert ...

Recent studies have demonstrated that psoralen displays multiple bioactive properties, beneficial for the treatment of osteoporosis, tumors, viruses, bacteria, and inflammation. The present review focuses on the research evidence relating to the properties …