Cation radicals of xanthophylls

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Galinato, Mary Grace I ^a   Niedzwiedzki, Dariusz ^a   Deal, Cailin ^a   Birge, Robert R ^a   Frank, Harry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Carotenoid; Energy levels; Molecular orbitals; Near infrared spectra; Quantum computations

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CATION; FREE RADICAL; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CATIONS; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 34548192056     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9218-5     Document Type: Article

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