Influence of human serum albumin on photodegradation of folic acid in solution

P Vorobey, AE Steindal, MK Off…

Index: Vorobey, Pavel; Steindal, Arnfinn Engeset; Off, Morten Kristian; Vorobey, Alexander; Moan, Johan Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2006 , vol. 82, # 3 p. 817 - 822

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Abstract

ABSTRACT It has been proposed that photodegradation of folates may be the reason for the pigmentation of races living under high fluence rates of ultraviolet radiation. The photodegradation of folic acid (FA) induced by ultraviolet-A (UV-A) radiation, in solution and in the presence of human serum albumin (HSA), was studied with absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. FA photodegradation, with formation of p-aminobenzoyl-L- ...