The Alkaloid Brachycerine is Induced by Ultraviolet Radiation and is a Singlet Oxygen Quencher

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 470-474

  Gregianini, Tatiana S ^a,c   Da Silveira, Vivian C ^a   Porto, Diogo D ^a   Kerber, Vitor A ^b   Henriques, Amelia T ^a   Fett Neto, Arthur G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEPPS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRACHYCERINE; SINGLET OXYGEN; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; RUBIACEAE; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INDOLES; MONOTERPENES; PSYCHOTRIA; SINGLET OXYGEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

PSYCHOTRIA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0344845147     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0470:TABIIB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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