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The fluorescence of β-carotene/chlorophyll a mixtures in complex with bovine serum albumin in water solution was found to exceed that of one-pigment complexes, being maximal at initial Car/Chl molar ratios of 8–4, whereas the amount of pigment adsorbed on BSA was maximal for an equimolar mixture. The fluorescence spectra of Car-BSA and Chl-BSA complexes largely overlapped (maxima at 684 and 690 nm, respectively).
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Abbreviations
- Car:
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β-carotene
- Chl:
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chlorophyll a
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Original Russian Text © I.A. Nagovitsyn, G.K. Chudinova, V.V. Savranskii, G.G. Komissarov, 2007, published in Biofizika, 2007, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 643–649.
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Nagovitsyn, I.A., Chudinova, G.K., Savranskii, V.V. et al. Optical properties of chlorophyll a and β-Carotene mixtures adsorbed on bovine serum albumin. BIOPHYSICS 52, 389–392 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350907040057
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