Fluorescence study on the interaction between hypericin and lens protein "α-crystallin"

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 921-926

  Youssef, Tareq ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; 8-ANILINO-1-NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANIDINE; HYPERICIN; PERYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; GUANIDINE; PERYLENE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 67650954436     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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