A new approach to measuring the action spectrum for singlet oxygen production by human retinal lipofuscin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1347-1350

  Avalle, L B ^a,c   Dillon, J ^b   Tari, S ^b   Gaillard, E R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; SINGLET OXYGEN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIPOFUSCIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 29844434892     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2005-05-17-RN-531     Document Type: Article

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