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Published September 1985 | Version public
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Comparison of synthetic psoralen derivatives and 8-MOP in the inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation

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  • 1. ROR icon Columbia University
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

Psoralens are a family of furocoumarins that naturally occur in nature in small amounts in a variety of common vegetables, including figs and limes, and in larger quantities in plants originally identified in the Nile valley and in India.' These molecules have the remarkable quality of being activated by ultraviolet A (UVA) from a biologically inert form to one capable of forming covalent bonds with the pyrimidine bases of DNA.

Additional Information

© 1985 New York Academy of Sciences. This research was supported by NIH Grants RR00645, CA20499, and GM14825. The authors wish to acknowledge the excellent secretarial assistance of Ms. Betty Carroll.

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67025
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Funding

NIH
RR00645
NIH
CA20499
NIH
GM-14825

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