Unique spectroscopic properties of synthetic 15-cis β-carotene, an important compound in photosynthesis, and a medicine for photoprotective function

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 689-697

  Białek Bylka, Grazyna Ewa ^a   Jazurek, Beata ^a   Dedic, Roman ^b   Hala, Jan ^b   Skrzypczak, Andrzej ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

15 cis carotene; Excited Lifetime; Ionic Solvent; Persistent Spectral Hole Burning

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; MICROENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0141757312     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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