The Action Spectrum for Generation of the Primary Intermediate Revealed by Ultrafast Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Pheomelanin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Ye, Tong ^a   Simon, John D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHYSICS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

HUMANS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0242365593     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)077<0041:TASFGO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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