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Cureus
November 2023
Forensic Pathology, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Decatur, USA.
Skin of color refers to individuals whose skin color ranges from very light beige to very dark brown. Anthropologists and sociologists have previously recognized the importance of an objective classification of skin color for individuals with skin of color that does not include race and ethnicity. Since 1975, dermatologists have used the Fitzpatrick classification of sun-reactive skin types to categorize patients with skin of color; this classification was established for psoriasis patients participating in using oral methoxsalen and phototherapy clinical trial to determine the initial ultraviolet A dose.
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March 2023
Department of New Drug Development, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea.
Furanocoumarin 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) is the parent compound that naturally occurs in traditional medicinal plants used historically. 8-MOP has been employed as a photochemotherapeutic component of Psoralen + Ultraviolet A (PUVA) therapy for the treatment of vitiligo and psoriasis. Although the role of 8-MOP in PUVA therapy has been studied, little is known about the effects of 8-MOP alone on human gastric cancer cells.
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October 2022
Drug Standardization Unit, National Research Institute of Unani Medicine, for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD), Hyderabad, 500038, India. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Psoriasis, despite modern therapeutic options, is incurable and recurrent. In Unani (Greco-Arab) medicine, many medications and formulations have been prescribed by eminent scholars for conditions clinically similar to psoriasis, though empirical evidence is sparse. Hence, the experimental formulations ItrīfalShāhtra and MarhamḤina were chosen to be compared to the standard therapies PUVAsol and petrolatum for their safety and efficacy.
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