ON THE EFFECT OF VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION ON BILIRUBIN AND BILIRUBINBOUND TO SERUM ALBUMINS - AN INSIGHT INTO THE PHOTOTHERAPY OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE

Authors
PATRA SK PAL MK
Citation
Sk. Patra et Mk. Pal, ON THE EFFECT OF VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION ON BILIRUBIN AND BILIRUBINBOUND TO SERUM ALBUMINS - AN INSIGHT INTO THE PHOTOTHERAPY OF NEONATAL JAUNDICE, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 75(3), 1998, pp. 148-150
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00194522
Volume
75
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
148 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-4522(1998)75:3<148:OTEOVI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Free aqueous bilirubin is photodegraded very fast by visible light, ev en at the low intensity 0.06 W cm(-2). Both human and bovine serum alb umins effectively protect this photodegradation of bilirubin; human se rum albumin being marginally more efficient. Spectral analysis of the dialysate of albumin-bilirubin complex, exposed to visible light, indi cates the presence of intact bilirubin along with the photodegraded pr oducts.