Photonics of bilirubin – biologically important molecule (Review)
- Authors: Tatikolov A.S.1, Panova I.G.2
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Affiliations:
- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
- International Scientific and Practical Center of Tissue Proliferation
- Issue: Vol 43, No 11 (2024)
- Pages: 3-9
- Section: СТРОЕНИЕ ХИМИЧЕСКИХ СОЕДИНЕНИЙ, КВАНТОВАЯ ХИМИЯ, СПЕКТРОСКОПИЯ
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0207-401X/article/view/281859
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0207401X24110011
- ID: 281859
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Abstract
Bilirubin, a bile pigment having photochemical activity, plays an important role in the body. Photonics (photophysics and photochemistry) of bilirubin has attracted scientific and practical interest of researchers up to the present day. This is because its molecule is capable of ultrafast photoisomerization processes, and also contains two interacting dipyrromethenone chromophores. Furthermore, the photochemical reactions of bilirubin are used in the widespread phototherapy of neonatal jaundice (neonatal hyperbilirubinemia), carried out to reduce the level of bilirubin in the body. This review briefly considers photonics of bilirubin, as well as its main photochemical reactions in phototherapy of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
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About the authors
A. S. Tatikolov
Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: tatikolov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
I. G. Panova
International Scientific and Practical Center of Tissue Proliferation
Email: tatikolov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
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