Photochemical formation of singlet molecular oxygen in illuminated aqueous solutions of several commercially available sunscreen active ingredients

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 605-609

  Allen, John M ^a   Gossett, Cynthia J ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AZIDE; CINOXATE; DIOXYBENZONE; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; OXYBENZONE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUNSCREEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN TOXICITY; SUNLIGHT;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FURANS; KINETICS; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLUTIONS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 0029913753     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx950197m     Document Type: Article

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