Journal of Photoscience
- Volume 9 Issue 2
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- Pages.344-346
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- 2002
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- 1225-8555(pISSN)
Isolation and Structural Determination of a Complete Set of Intact Bacteriochlorophyll-d Homologs and Isomers from Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme and Their Aggregation Properties in Hydrophobic Solvents
- Mizoguchi, Tadashi (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University) ;
- Saga, Yoshitaka (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University) ;
- Tamiaki, Hitoshi (Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
- Published : 2002.08.01
Abstract
Eight intact bacteriochlorophyll (BChl)-d homologs and isomers were isolated from a strain of green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme. All the molecular structures of the BChl-d components were fully determined by a combination of mass spectrometry and