Photophysics of hypericin and hypocrellin A in complex with subcellular components: Interactions with human serum albumin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-645

  Das, Kaustuv ^a   Smirnov, Alexandre V ^a   Wen, Jin ^a   Miskovsky, Pavol ^b   Petrich, Jacob W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYPERICIN; HYPOCRELLIN A; PERYLENE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PERYLENE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUINONES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 0033144512     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03339.x     Document Type: Article

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