Singlet versus Triplet Reactivity in Photodegradation of C40 Carotenoids

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2106-2113

  Nielsen, Bo R ^a   Mortensen, Alan ^a   Jørgensen, Kevin ^a,b   Skibsted, Leif H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b National Food Agency of Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Canthaxanthin; Fluorescence quantum yield; Oxygen quenching; Photodegradation quantum yield; Singlet triplet intersystem crossing yields; Zeaxanthin; carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000870274     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9508007     Document Type: Article

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