Establishment of a kinetic model for urocanic acid photoisomerization

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-217

  Laihia, Jarmo K ^a   Lemmetyinen, Helge ^b   Pasanen, Paavo ^a   Jansén, Christer T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absorption kinetics; Flash photolysis; Quantum yield; Transient structures; Urocanic acid; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

UROCANIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAMMALIA; UCA;

EID: 0029942837     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07247-0     Document Type: Article

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