Investigating the red shift between in vitro and in vivo urocanic acid photoisomerization action spectra

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 302-305

  Jones, Christopher D ^a   Barton, Alun K ^a   Crosby, John ^b   Norval, Mary ^c   Gibbs, Neil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UCA;

UROCANIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; ISOMERISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UROCANIC ACID;

EID: 0030093484     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03030.x     Document Type: Article

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