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Accession Number:
AD0806313
Title:
PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY OF BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY
Report Date:
1954-12-03
Pagination or Media Count:
13.0
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
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE