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Possible Interaction: Carotenoids and Photosensitizing Agents

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Studies in bacteria, animals and humans have demonstrated that carotenoid pigments can prevent or lessen photosensitivity by endogenous photosensitizers such as chlorophyll or porphyrins, as well as by exogenous photosensitizers such as dyes (e.g., toluidine blue) or porphyrin derivatives.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  •  1993  |  View Paper
Carotenoids (CARs) are well known in nature for their role in quenching excited states of PS and in directly scavenging 1O2.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology  •  2007  |  View Paper
Carotenoids provided to cells together with the extracellular photosensitizers offer partial protection against photodamage.
Antioxidants  •  2021  |  View Paper