Hypericin derivatives: Substituent effects on radical-anion formation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-156

  Rahimipour, Shai ^a   Palivan, Cornelia ^b   Freeman, Dalia ^a   Barbosa, Frédérique ^b   Fridkin, Mati ^a   Weiner, Lev ^a   Mazur, Yehuda ^a   Gescheidt, Georg ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL GROUP; HYPERICIN; N,N' DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; POTENTIOMETRY;

ANIONS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FREE RADICALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERYLENE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 0035437623     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0149:HDSEOR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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