Photoprotection by silk cocoons

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3660-3667

  Kaur, Jasjeet ^a   Rajkhowa, Rangam ^a   Tsuzuki, Takuya ^b   Millington, Keith ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Wang, Xungai ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; FREE RADICALS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOPROTECTION; SILK FIBER; UV ABSORBANCE; UV PROTECTION; UVB RADIATION;

SILK;

SERICIN; SILK;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COCOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOINDUCED CHEMILUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SILK COCOON; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MOTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; FREE RADICALS; SILK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BOMBYX MORI;

ANIMALS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOTHS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SILK; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84885668071     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm401023h     Document Type: Article

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