PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY OF BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS,
Abstract
The effects of such factors as concentration, pH, etc. on the luminescence efficiency of biological compounds in aqueous solutions under high-energy radiation bombardment were studied. The results indicate that biological compounds quench the distilled-water solvent luminescence; that there is increased luminescence quenching with increasing concentration; and that two of the compounds studied, tryptophane and glutathione, show a dependence of luminescence on the pH of solutions. These results are discussed briefly in terms of theoretical considerations of energy transport mechanisms in irradiated solutions. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 03, 1954
- Accession Number
- AD0806313
Entities
People
- A. T. Krebs
- J. G. Kereiakes
- W. H. Parr
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Laboratory