Part II. Mechanism of formation of guanine as one of the major products in the 254 nm photolysis of guanine derivatives: Concentration and pH effects

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 544-550

  Crespo Hernández, Carlos E ^a   Arce, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 ETHYLGUANINE; BASE; CATION; DEOXYGUANOSINE; GUANINE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; NITRIC OXIDE; RADICAL; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON; IRRADIATION; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; PROBABILITY; STEADY STATE; CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

LETHRINIDAE;

GUANINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0034178266     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0544:PIMOFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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