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New trends in photobiology recent advances in bilirubin photophysics

โœ Scribed by Giovanni Agati; Franco Fusi

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
1015 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
1011-1344

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โœฆ Synopsis

The high photosensibility of bilirubin represents the main reason why neonatal jaundice is treated with light. The relaxation processes of excited bilirubin appear to be governed by complex mechanisms which are not fully known. At room temperature, radiationless channels, such as Z----E configurational photoisomerizations and internal conversions, contribute mostly to the deactivation of singlet excited bilirubin. Exciton coupling processes between the two pyrromethenone chromophores constituting the molecule may play a crucial role in bilirubin photophysics.

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