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ON THE POSSIBILITY OF GENERATION AND TRANSFER OF ELECTRONIC ENERGY IN BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS
Author(s) -
Cilento G.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1965.tb09310.x
Subject(s) - conjugated system , energy transfer , flavin group , excited state , chemistry , photochemistry , electronic systems , chemical physics , atomic physics , physics , biochemistry , organic chemistry , electronic engineering , engineering , enzyme , polymer
— Generation of electronically excited species is a distinct possibility in biological systems; the most likely ones at present appear to be flavins, metalloporphyrins, oxygen and certain conjugated carbonyl compounds. Thyroxine should be very active in certain cases of electronic energy transfer.