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Some Properties of Furocoumarin (FC) Excited States

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Furocoumarins (psoralens) are natural or synthetic compounds (Fig.1) which can act as photosensitizers of biological systems.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biophysique, Inserm U.201, C.N.R.S. U.A.481, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 61, Rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France

    R. V. Bensasson

  2. Istituto di Fisica, Milan, Italy

    A. Andreoni & R. Cubeddu

  3. University of Padua, Italy

    F. Dall’Acqua

  4. Paisley College, PA1 2BE, Scotland

    C. N. Knox & T. G. Truscott

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Bensasson, R.V., Andreoni, A., Cubeddu, R., Dall’Acqua, F., Knox, C.N., Truscott, T.G. (1985). Some Properties of Furocoumarin (FC) Excited States. In: Bensasson, R.V., Jori, G., Land, E.J., Truscott, T.G. (eds) Primary Photo-Processes in Biology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1224-6_14

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