Orientation of lutein in a lipid bilayer-revisited

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-118

  Pasenkiewicz Gierula, Marta ^a   Baczyński, Krzysztof ^a   Murzyn, Krzysztof ^a   Markiewicz, Michał ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Macular pigment; Molecular modeling; Tilt angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860479450     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2012_2184     Document Type: Article

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