Ascorbate enhances photogeneration of hydrogen peroxide mediated by the iris melanin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 683-691

  Wielgus, Albert R ^a,b   Sarna, Tadeusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EYE COLOR; HUMAN; IRIS; LIGHT; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CATTLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EYE COLOR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRIS; LIGHT; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 42649104766     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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