PHOTOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF A TRYPTOPHANYL ESTER OF RIBOFLAVIN A.M. Edwards and C. Bustos Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de
Química, Abstract.- The photochemical behaviour of a tryptophanyl ester of riboflavin was studied. Both aerobic and anaerobic visible light (450nm) irradiation produced photodegradation of both flavinic and indolic components of the ester. The importance of a radical mechanism is discused. |