Photosensitizer

Photosensitizing agent

Generates cytotoxic oxygen species on light exposure
Prolonged photosensitivity after dosing

Drugs with this mechanism (2)

Hypericin — St John's wort pigment; a photosensitizer.
Pseudohypericin — St John's wort constituent; a photosensitizer.

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