Carbon-centered radicals as oxygen sensors for in vivo electron paramagnetic resonance: Screening for an optimal probe among commercially available charcoals

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-129

  Jordan, Benedicte F ^a   Baudelet, Christine ^a   Gallez, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Charcoal; EPR; ESR; Oxygen; Vivo

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INSTRUMENTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CHARCOAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032414226     PISSN: 13528661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-8661(98)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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