Fluorescence lifetimes study of α-tocopherol and biological prenylquinols in organic solvents and model membranes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1309-1314

  Kruk, Jerzy ^a   Myśliwa Kurdziel, Beata ^a   Jemioła Rzemińska, Małgorzata ^a   Strzałka, Kazimierz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; SOLVENT;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CALORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CALORIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROQUINONES; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33750693034     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-04-14-RA-872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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