pH determination by pyranine: Medium-related artifacts and their correction

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-41

  Avnir, Yuval ^a   Barenholz, Yechezkel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; pH determination; Pyranine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PH METERS; POSITIVE IONS; PROBES; SALTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH; EXCITATION AND EMISSION SPECTRA; FLUORESCENT PROBES; MEDIUM COMPOSITION; MONOVALENT CATIONS; PH DETERMINATION; PYRANINE; STRUCTURE OF WATERS;

PH EFFECTS;

ANION; CATION; MACROGOL; PYRANINE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCULATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PH MEASUREMENT; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27744606023     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.09.026     Document Type: Article

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