The role of retinal pigment epithelium melanin in photoinduced oxidation of ascorbate

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 472-479

  Rózanowska, Małgorzata ^a   Bober, Agnieszka ^a   Burke, Janice M ^b   Sarna, Tadeusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031104716     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08593.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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