The Photochemical Isomerization Kinetics of Urocanic Acid and Their Effects upon the in vitro and in vivo Photoisomerization Action Spectra

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 817-820

  Hanson, Kerry M ^a   Simon, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001311014     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03230.x     Document Type: Article

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