Oxidation causes melanin fluorescence

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 241-246

  Kayatz, P ^a   Thumann, G ^a   Luther, T T ^a   Jordan, J F ^a   Bartz Schmidt, K U ^a   Esser, P J ^a   Schraermeyer, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOFUSCIN; MELANIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OXIDATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

CHOROID; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035174441     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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