New trends in photobiology. Properties and function of the ocular melanin - a photobiophysical view

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B: Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 215-258

  Sarna, Tadeusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

lipofuscin pigments; Ocular melanin; photoreactions.; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; MELANOGENESIS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIGHT; MELANINS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026561994     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(92)85027-R     Document Type: Review

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