Mechanism of photobleaching of Ethyl Violet non-covalently bound to bovine serum albumin

Abstract

Upon laser excitation of Ethyl Violet non-covalently bound to bovine serum albumin, leuco-Ethyl Violet and 4,4’-bis(diethylamino)benzophenone are formed as reaction photoproducts

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