Photoprotection by porcine eumelanin against singlet oxygen production

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 679-682

  Wang, Alice ^a   Marino, Anthony R ^a   Gasyna, Zbigniew ^a   Gasyna, Elzbieta ^a   Norris Jr , James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

4 NITROSODIMETHYLANILINE; 4-NITROSODIMETHYLANILINE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; ROSE BENGAL; SINGLET OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIGHT; MELANINS; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; OXIDANTS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; ROSE BENGAL; SINGLET OXYGEN; SWINE;

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EID: 42549091415     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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