Singlet oxygen

1. Blue light induces singlet oxygen in human cells.

   “investigated the ability of hydrophobic components of lipofuscin to photogenerate singlet oxygen in non-polar environments. Singlet oxygen was detected directly by monitoring its characteristic phosphorescence”

   Cellsin non-polar environments

   Blue light-induced singlet oxygen generation by retinal lipofuscin in non-polar media

   Free radical biology & medicine·1 May 1998

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