Fluorescent properties of vitamin a derivative, retinyl palmitate, in binary solvents with aqueous phase

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 647-658

  Bryl, Krzysztof ^a   Drabent, Regina ^a   Olszewska, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIV OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence properties; Retinyl palmitate; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009602772     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387019808002757     Document Type: Article

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