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. 1981 Nov;20(5):699–701. doi: 10.1128/aac.20.5.699

Photochemical Destruction of the Virucidal Activities of Retinoids and Unsaturated Fatty Acids

Jeffrey A Sands 1
PMCID: PMC181779  PMID: 7325635

Abstract

Photochemical damage either to retinoids by near-ultraviolet radiation or to unsaturated fatty acids by near-ultraviolet radiation in the presence of a hydrophobic photosensitizer destroys the virucidal activities of the compounds, as determined by studies on the enveloped bacteriophage ø6.

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