Radical cation generation from singlet and triplet excited states of all-trans-lycopene in chloroform

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 326-333

  Han, Rui Min ^a   Wu, Yi Shi ^a   Feng, Juan ^a   Ai, Xi Cheng ^a   Zhang, Jian Ping ^a   Skibsted, Leif H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CATION; CHLOROFORM; LYCOPENE; RADICAL; SCAVENGER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

CAROTENOIDS; CATIONS; CHLOROFORM; FREE RADICALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LETHRINIDAE; MUS;

EID: 9144272320     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-04-22-RA-147.1     Document Type: Article

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