Role of water content in dielectric properties and delayed luminescence of bovine Achilles' tendon

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 6101-6104

  Gulino, M ^a   Bellia, P ^a   Falciglia, F ^a   Musumeci, F ^a   Pappalardo, A ^a   Scordino, A ^a   Triglia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen; Delayed luminescence; Dielectric permittivity; Dielectric spectroscopy; Tendon; Water content

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 27544504357     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.09.077     Document Type: Article

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