Coumarins in Phormium (New Zealand flax) fibers: Their role in fluorescence and photodegradation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Smith, Gerald J ^a   Tang, Ying ^a   Dyer, Jolon M ^b   Scheele, Sue M ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE;

AGAVACEAE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGAVACEAE; COUMARINS; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

PHORMIUM; PHORMIUM TENAX;

EID: 78650637530     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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