The reduction potential of the β-carotene.+/β-carotene couple in an aqueous micro-heterogeneous environment

FEBS Letters

Volumn 471, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 125-127

  Edge, Ruth ^a   Land, Edward J ^b   McGarvey, David J ^a   Burke, Marc ^a   Truscott, T George ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotene; Cysteine; One electron reduction potential; Tryptophan; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CYSTEINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICELLE; MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REDUCTION;

BETA CAROTENE; CATIONS; CYSTEINE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICELLES; OXIDANTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REDUCING AGENTS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; WATER;

EID: 0034647055     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01366-1     Document Type: Article

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