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. 1978 Nov;75(11):5255–5259. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.11.5255

Spectroscopic studies of oxy- and carbonmonoxyhemoglobin after pulsed optical excitation.

B I Greene, R M Hochstrasser, R B Weisman, W A Eaton
PMCID: PMC392939  PMID: 281677

Abstract

The photolysis of HbO2 and HbCO has been investigated with picosecond laser techniques. Transient absorption spectra were measured in the Soret and visible regions after excitation with 353- or 530-nm pulses. The photoproducts appeared within 8 psec and exhibited considerably broadened deoxyhemoglobin-like spectra, which persisted to 680 psec. The altered spectra are attributed to the production of deoxyheme conformational and spin states that might result from the intense excitation.

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