Published May 1979 | Version v1
Journal article

Free radicals formed under UV-irradiation of oxidized phosphatidyl choline

  • 1. Vtoroj Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Meditsinskij Inst. (USSR)

Description

The EPR technique was used to study the primary photoprocesses under UV irradiation of oxidized egg phosphatidylcholine. The irradiation by lambda < 260 nm light leads to disintegration of products containing aldehyde groups with the formation of HCO, RCO, -CH2CHCH2-radicals. The lambda < 260 nm irradiation has a disintegrating effect mainly on the conjugated hydroperoxides as well as on the characteristic phospholipide groups

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Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Свободные радикалы, образующиеся при UF-облучении окисленного фосфатидилхолина

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Biofizika
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
3
Series
Biofizika.
Journal Page Range
403-407
ISSN
0006-3029

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Notes
For English translation see the journal Biophysics (UK).