Carotenoids as Singlet Oxygen Quenchers in Marine Organisms

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-137

  Shimidzu, Nobuyoshi ^a,b   Goto, Masafumi ^a   Miki, Wataru ^a,c  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^c SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active oxygen species; Carotenoid; Chemiluminescence; Singlet oxygen quencher; Thermodissociable endoperoxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001249423     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.134     Document Type: Article

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