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- noun Plural form of
psoralen .
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Examples
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The concept originated in about 1'500 BC when Egyptian healers treated vitiligo with a combination of sunlight and ingestion of plants known as psoralens, including fig and limes.
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Rapaport, who discovered psoralens would be the scientific advisor to my department at Cetus, and would co-author two patents with me.
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IVIE, G.W. (1978) Linear furocoumarins (psoralens) from the seed of Texas Ammi majus (Bishops weed).
Chapter 5 1953
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(Lemons contain psoralens, too, although weaker ones.)
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Shortly after the development of oral PUVA, alternative bathwater delivery systems of psoralens were also created to minimize adverse effects associated with oral PUVA.
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