UVB shielding role of FeCl3 and certain cyanobacterial pigments

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-325

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Tyagi, Madhu B ^a   Srinivas, Ganna ^a   Singh, Nilima ^a   Kumar, Har D ^a   Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a,b   Häder, Donat P ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; NOSTOC SP.; SCYTONEMA HOFMANNI;

EID: 0029803401     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02465.x     Document Type: Article

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