Porphyrins as photosensitizers to enhance night vision

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 9892-9893

  Washington, Ilyas ^a   Brooks, Celeste ^a   Turro, Nicholas J ^a   Nakanishi, Koji ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL 650; DODECYL BETA DEXTRO MALTOSIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MALTOSE; OPSIN; OXYGEN; PHEOPHYTIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PORPHYRIN; RHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SODIUM SULFATE PORPHYRIN; TALAPORFIN; TETRABENZOPORPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CATTLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NIGHT VISION; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RETINA; RETINA ROD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DARKNESS; KINETICS; PHEOPHYTINS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RHODOPSIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMODYNAMICS; VISION;

EID: 4043137178     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0486317     Document Type: Article

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