Kinetics of parallel electron transfer from β-carotene to phenoxyl radical and adduct formation between phenoxyl radical and β-carotene

Free Radical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 515-523

  Mortensen, Alan ^a   Skibsted, Leif H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Laser flash photolysis; Phenoxyl radical; Transient absorption; caroten radicals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CATION; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; LASER; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 0029911509     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769609149073     Document Type: Article

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