Laser photolysis and pulse radiolysis studies on silybin in ethanol solutions

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 10-12, 2008, Pages 1300-1305

  Fu, Haiying ^a   Katsumura, Yosuke ^a,b   Lin, Mingzhang ^b   Muroya, Yusa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser photolysis; Monophotonic ionization; Radicals; Silybin

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ETHANOL; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; LASERS; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

LASER PHOTOLYSIS; MONOPHOTONIC IONIZATION; RADICALS; SILYBIN;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ALCOHOL; SILIBININ;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON; IONIZATION; KINETICS; LASER; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIOLYSIS;

EID: 51249118284     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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