The pineal hormone melatonin plays an important role in the neuroendocrine control of reproductive physiology, but its effects on hypothalamic GnRH neurons are not yet known. We have found that GT1-7… (More)
Polypeptides containing azobenzene or spiropyran units attached to the macromolecules respond to light or dark conditions giving reversible variations of their structure. In this Account we provide a… (More)
In photoresponsive ciliates, like Blepharisma japonicum and Stentor coeruleus, the photoreceptor pigments responsible for photomotile reactions are hypericin-type chromophores packed in highly… (More)
PURPOSE
To determine the uptake, location and fluorescence of hypericin, the active ingredient in St. John's Wort, in situ in the isolated intact calf lens.
METHODS
The absorption and fluorescence… (More)
The interaction between the anionic 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)-21H,23H-porphyrin (TPPS) and cationic vesicles formed by heptakis(2-omega-amino-O-oligo(ethylene… (More)
Blepharisma japonicum is a ciliated protozoan exhibiting a strong step-up photophobic response upon illumination. The photoreceptor chromophores responsible for this response have been identified to… (More)
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and…
2005
Molecular interactions giving rise to stable complexes between an uncharged water soluble cobalt-porphyrin and amino acids are investigated by time-resolved fluorescence, uv-vis, and circular… (More)
The formation of inclusion complexes of hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin, heptakis(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin and heptakis(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin with… (More)
Changes in the UV-vis spectra and induced circular dichroism (ICD) signals observed, in correspondence with the porphyrin Soret region, for aqueous solutions of achiral… (More)
L-Glutamic acid polypeptides containing photochromic nitrospiropyran bound to the side chains at various percentages ("local" concentration) have been synthesized and investigated as possible… (More)