Spectral characterization of photooxidation products formed in chlorophyll solutions and upon photodamage to the Cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-168

  Merzlyak, M N ^a   Pogosyan, S I ^a   Lekhimena, L ^a   Zhigalova, T V ^a   Khozina, I F ^b   Cohen, Z ^c   Khrushchev, S S ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anabaena variabilis; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Photodamage; Photooxidation; Phycobilins; Spectrophotometry; Urtica dioica; UV radiation; Visible light

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030559239     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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