Open AccessDifferential diagnosis of gallstones by using hypericin as a fluorescent optical imaging agent
Author(s) -
Marlein Miranda Cona,
Yewei Liu,
Antoine Hubert,
Ting Yin,
Yuanbo Feng,
Peter de Witte,
Etienne Waelkens,
Yan Jiang,
Jian Zhang,
Stefaan Mulier,
Qian Xin,
Gang Huang,
Raymond Oyen,
Yicheng Ni
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v22.i29.6690
Subject(s) - hypericin , hypericum perforatum , chemistry , fluorescence , chromatography , cholesterol , high performance liquid chromatography , gallstones , dimethyl sulfoxide , biochemistry , pharmacology , medicine , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
To explore the feasibility of using hypericin as an optical imaging probe with affinity for cholesterol for differential fluorescent detection of human gallstones.