Fluorescence and time-resolved photoacoustics of hypericin inserted in liposomes: Dependence on pigment concentration and bilayer phase

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 791-801

  Losi, Aba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

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EID: 0030979713     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01926.x     Document Type: Article

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