Tetrabromohydroquinone and riboflavin are possibly responsible for green luminescence in the luminous acorn worm, Ptychodera flava

Luminescence

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 397-400

  Kanakubo, Akira ^a   Koga, Kazushi ^a   Isobe, Minoru ^a   Yoza, Kenji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BRUKER AXS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,5,6 tetrabromohydroquinone; Bioluminescence; Hydrogen peroxide; Ptychodera flava; Riboflavin

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

2,3,5,6-TETRABROMOHYDROQUINONE; BASIC CONDITIONS; EMITTED LIGHT; GREEN FLUORESCENCE; GREEN LIGHT EMISSION; GREEN LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTERS; NO FLUORESCENCES; PTYCHODERA FLAVA; RIBOFLAVIN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

PTYCHODERA FLAVA;

EID: 30844461032     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 15227243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.803     Document Type: Article

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