Interaction of plant pigment brazilin with synthetic and natural DNA: Spectroscopic and in silico perspective

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-59

  Bhakta, Dipita ^a   Lulu, Sajitha ^a   Jayaraman, G ^a   Babu, S ^a   Siva, Ramamoorthy ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

brazilin; Caesalpinia sappan; DNA; dye interaction; natural dye

Indexed keywords

CAESALPINIA SAPPAN; RUMEX;

EID: 84883295455     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-013-0148-y     Document Type: Article

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