Fluorescence studies of the interactions of ubiquinol-10 with liposomes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 209-214

  Fiorini, Rosamaria ^a   Ragni, Letizia ^b   Ambrosi, Simona ^a   Littarru, Gian Paolo ^a   Gratton, Enrico ^c   Hazlett, Theodore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LAURDAN; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; UBIQUINOL 10; UBIQUINOL-10; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; LAURATES; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 37249021433     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00221.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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