Influence of Solvent Polarity and Proticity on the Photochemical Properties of Norfloxacin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-24

  Bilski, P ^a   Martinez, L J ^a   Koker, E B ^b   Chignell, C F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NORFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; HUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; HUMANS; NORFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0032109828     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb03247.x     Document Type: Article

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