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# 17 The chlorophyll derivative chlorin e6 enhances the electrical response of the rabbit eye to light: a study in biological vision enhancement

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Jinfeng Qu, Li Ma, Yardana Kaufman, and Ilyas Washington (Submitted, 2010).Purpose: To determine whether the porphyrin chlorin e6 can safely enhance the electrical response of the rabbit eye to light.
Methods: Electroretinogram (ERG) a- and b-wave amplitudes in response to green, blue, amber, red and deep red test flashes were compared for rabbits before and after […]

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# 16 Coenzyme Q10 in the human retina

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Qu J, Kaufman Y, Washington I.            Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Apr;50(4):1814-8.   To determine the concentration of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in the human retina. METHODS: Eye tissues were lyophilized and exhaustively extracted with heptane. The extracts were analyzed for CoQ10 by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). RESULTS: The average concentration of CoQ10 in the retina […]

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# 15 Chlorophyll Derivatives as Visual Pigments for Super Vision in the Red

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Washington, Iyas; Zhou, Jilin; Jockusch, Steffen; Turro, Nicholas J.; Nakanishi, Koji; Sparrow Janet R.  Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2007, 6, 775.
 
 

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# 14 Strategy for Reversing Resistance to a Single Anti-Cancer Agent in Human Prostate and Pancreatic Carcinomas

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Lebedeva, Irina V.; Washington, Ilyas; Sarkar, Devanand; Clark, Jennifer A.; Fine, Robert L.; Dent, Paul; Curiel, David T., Turro, Nicholas J.; Fisher Paul B.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2007, 104 (9) 3484-3489.  

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#13 An Accessory Chromophore in Red Vision

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Isayama, Tomoki; Alexeev, Dmitriy; Clint, Makino; Washington, Ilyas; Koji Nakanishi; Turro, Nicholas J.  Nature, 2006, 443, 649.

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# 12 Superoxidation of Retinoic Acid

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Washington, Ilyas; Turro, Nicholas J.; Nakanishi, Koji Photchemistry and Photobiology, 2006, 82(6), 1394–1397.

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# 11 Superoxidation of Bisretinoids

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Washington, Ilyas; Jockusch, Steffen; Itagaki, Yasuhiro; Turro, Nicholas J.; Nakanishi, Koji  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 117(43), 7259-7262.

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#10 Temperature and Solvent Control of the Stereoselectivity in the Reactions of Singlet Oxygen with Oxazolidinone-Substituted Enecarbamates

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Poon, Thomas; Sivaguru, J.; Franz, Roberto; Jockusch, Steffen; Martinez, Claudia; Washington, Ilyas; Adam, Waldemar; Inoue, Yoshihisa; Turro, Nicholas J.   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126(34), 10498-10499.   

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# 9 Porphyrins As Photosensitizers To Enhance Night Vision

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Washington, Ilyas; Brooks, Celeste; Turro, Nicholas J.; Nakanishi, Koji  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126(32), 9892-9893.

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# 8 Stereoselectivity of Nitrile Oxide Cycloadditions to Chiral Allylic Fluorides: Experiment and Theory

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Prakesch, Michael; Gree, Danielle; Gree, Rene; Carter, Jennifer; Washington, Ilyas; Houk, K. N.  Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9(22), 5664-5672.

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