Effect of dimerization on vibrational spectra of eumelanin precursors

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 613-619

  Nighswander Rempel, Stephen P ^a   Olsen, Seth ^a   Mahadevan, Indumathy B ^a   Netchev, George ^b   Wilson, Brian C ^b   Smith, Sean C ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 INDOLECARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6 DIHYDROXY 2 INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; 5,6-DIHYDROXY-2-INDOLYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; EUMELANIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; VIBRATION;

DIMERIZATION; INDOLES; MELANINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIBRATION;

EID: 42549112033     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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