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Photobiology /

Photobiology integrates a wide variety of scientific disciplines. As more people become aware of the many ways light interacts with chemical and biological systems, the need for a concise treatment of photobiology has become more critical. Kohen et al. Have written just such a book, intended both as...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kohen, Elli
Other Authors: Santus, Ren�e, Hirschberg, Joseph G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, �1995.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The nature of light
  • Pathways of molecular excitation and deactivation
  • Spectroscopy and instrumentation
  • From photophysics to photochemistry : determination of primary processes in direct or sensitized photoreactions
  • Photochemistry of biological molecules
  • Bioluminescence
  • Environmental photobiology
  • Marine photobiology
  • Photosynthesis
  • Photobioregulatory mechanisms
  • Molecular mechanism of visual transduction
  • Biological effects of solar ultraviolet radiation
  • Optical properties of the skin
  • Photocarcinogenesis
  • Photoimmunology
  • Photosensitive, photoallergic, and light-aggravated (photo-Koebner) Photodermatoses
  • Phototherapy of neonatal bilirubinemia and vitamin D deficiency
  • Photochemotherapy (PUVA therapy) and UVB phototherapy
  • Photodynamic therapy.