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OBJECTIVE
Microglia-mediated inflammation is associated with pathogenesis of various neuronal disorders. This study investigated inhibitory effects of pheophytin a (PP) and chlorophyll a (CP) on neuroinflammation and underlying cellular mechanisms in microglia cells.
METHODS
BV2 murine microglia
Chlorophyll is a deleterious molecule that generates reactive oxygen species and must be converted to nontoxic molecules during plant senescence. The degradation pathway of chlorophyll a has been determined; however, that of chlorophyll b is poorly understood, and multiple pathways of chlorophyll b
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative anticancer treatment in which direct tumor-cell killing results from selective accumulation of photosensitizers in the tumor sites and phototoxicity occurs when light-activated photosensitizers transfer the energy to oxygen nearby to produce singlet