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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents ketoprofen, tiaprofenic acid, suprofen and tolmetin, together with the anti-hyperlipoproteinemic drug fenofibrate and the anti-arrhythmic amiodarone can be included in the group of benzophenone-derived photosensitizing drugs. They contain a diaryl ketone chromophore and mediate the development of phototoxic reactions. In some cases, photoallergic responses have been reported. These properties have been substantiated in clinical reports, as well as by means of in vivo and in vitro assays. Tolmetin is phototoxic in vitro, however there are no reports on photosensitization by this drug in humans. In general, photochemical and photobiological studies strongly suggest that photosensitization involves formal hydrogen abstraction (either in a single step or via electron transfer followed by proton transfer) by the benzophenone-like chromophore from the excited triplet state. In the case of amiodarone, the radicals generated by photodehalogenation from the triplet are responsible for the photosensitivity side-effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1011-1344
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Photosensitizing drugs containing the benzophenone chromophore.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Química/Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't