Science & Environment

Photosensitizing plants

Émission

Monsieur Jardinier
25 June 2017

Kurt Hostettmann

Sciences, UNIGE

There are chemicals called furanocoumarins (or furocoumarins) that cause photosensitization. Under the effect of light, they bind to the skin's DNA.

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