Transient species and its properties of melatonin

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 308-314

  Zhu, Hongping ^a,b   Zhang, Zhaoxia ^a,b   Zhao, Hongwei ^a   Wang, Wenfeng ^a   Yao, Side ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Laser flash photolysis; Melatonin; Photoionization; Triplet state

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ELECTRON TRANSFER; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; MELATONIN; TRIPLET STATE;

AMINES;

EID: 33748695134     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-006-0308-6     Document Type: Article

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