Primary Photo-Processes in Biology and Medicine

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Instrumentation for the Generation and Detection of Transient Species....Pages 1-23
Flash Photolysis....Pages 25-34
Pulse Radiolysis....Pages 35-64
Time-Resolved Fluorescence of Dyes of Bio-Medical Relevance: Influence of the Environment....Pages 65-76
Nonexponential Fluorescence Decay in Tryptophan and Tryptophan-Containing Peptides and Proteins....Pages 77-91
Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 93-109
Flash Photolysis NMR....Pages 111-130
Time Domain ESR....Pages 131-145
Time-Resolved Photoacoustic and Photothermal Methods Application to Substances of Biological Interest....Pages 147-170
Spectro-Electrochemistry: Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins....Pages 171-180
Activated Oxygen....Pages 181-207
The Historical Development of Ideas on Applications of Photosensitized Reactions in the Health Sciences....Pages 209-227
Drug-DNA Interaction....Pages 229-240
Some Properties of Furocoumarin (FC) Excited States....Pages 241-258
Photoreactions of Furocoumarins (Psoralens and Angelicins)....Pages 259-276
Biological and Medicinal Aspects of Furocoumarins....Pages 277-307
Photochemistry of Porphyrins and Bile Pigments in Homogeneous Solution....Pages 309-347
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Photomedicine: Porphyrins in Microheterogeneous Environments....Pages 349-369
Cell Photosensitization by Psoralens and Porphyrins....Pages 371-380
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Photomedicine: Porphyrins in Cancer Treatment....Pages 381-424
Skin and Light....Pages 425-445
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine....Pages 447-452
Classification and Mode of Action of Sun Filter and Sunblock Products....Pages 453-462
Back Matter....Pages 463-478