Kinetics of photobleaching of β-carotene in chloroform and formation of transient carotenoid species absorbing in the near infrared

Free Radical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-368

  Mortensen, Alan ^a   Skibsted, Leif H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Laser flash photolysis; Transient absorption; carotene; carotene radicals

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROFORM; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL REACTION; INFRARED RADIATION; KINETICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 0029847697     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769609149058     Document Type: Article

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