Hydroxyl radical scavenging ability of bacterioruberin

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-269

  Saito, Takeshi ^a   Miyabe, Yuko ^a   Ide, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Osamu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COBALT; DEGRADATION; GAMMA RAYS;

BACTERIORUBERIN; THYMINE;

PIGMENTS;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; COBALT 60; CYSTEINE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SCAVENGER; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; RADIOCHROMATOGRAPHY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031236138     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(97)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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