Solvent polarity and pH effects on the spectroscopic properties of neutral red: Application to lysosomal microenvironment probing in living cells

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 601-607

  Sousa, Cristina ^a   Sá E Melo, Teresa ^a   Gèze, Marc ^b   Gaullier, Jean Michel ^b   Mazière, Jean Claude ^c   Santus, René ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4-DIOXANE; DIOXANE; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; NEUTRAL RED; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FIBROBLAST; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIOXANES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYSOSOMES; NEUTRAL RED; SKIN; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030136609     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb05662.x     Document Type: Article

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