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photosensitizer
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photosensitizer [¦fōd·ō′sen·sə‚tīz·ər]
(physical chemistry)
A light-absorbing substance that initiates a photochemical or photophysical reaction in another substance (molecule), and is not consumed in the reaction.


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Light is a determining factor in the activity of photosensitisers and should be taken into account in this kind of work.
MANY of PDT's light sensitive dyes - or photosensitisers - have been used clinically for a long time, many before the discovery of penicillin.
You may think this sounds far-fetched but some tablets for blood pressure are known to be photosensitisers in vulnerable people.
 
 
 
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