Susceptibility of In Vitro Melanoma Skin Cancer to Photoactivated Hypericin versus Aluminium(III) Phthalocyanine Chloride Tetrasulphonate

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Morphological features of A375 treatment with laser irradiation at 5 J/cm² or combination of laser and PS (2.5 μM). (a) Laser irradiation alone at 682 nm; (b) laser irradiation alone at 594 nm; (c) combination of laser irradiation at 682 nm and 2.5 μM AlPcS₄Cl; (d) combination of laser irradiation at 594 nm and 2.5 μM Hyp. Combination of laser and PS (AlPcS₄Cl or Hyp) leads to destruction of cells.

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