Blue light-induced singlet oxygen generation by retinal lipofuscin in non-polar media

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 1107-1112

  Rózanowska, Małgorzata ^a   Wessels, Jurina ^b   Boulton, Mike ^c   Burke, Janice M ^d   Rodgers, Michael A J ^b   Truscott, T George ^e   Sarna, Tadeusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Age related maculopathy; Blue light; Extractable chromophores; Free radical; Phototoxicity; Retinal lipofuscin; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; LIPOFUSCIN; SINGLET OXYGEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; YAG LASER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIPOFUSCIN; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; SINGLET OXYGEN;

MUS;

EID: 0032078691     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00395-X     Document Type: Article

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