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Substance: gossypol					Other Names: pogosin

Formula: C30H30O8					CAS-No.: 303-45-7	PubChem: CID 3503

Study: UV absorption coefficients, quantum yields

                
Authors: B. Marciniak, H. Kozubek, J. Koput, S. Paszyc

Title: Spectroscopic and Photochemical Studies of Gossypol in Solution

Journal/Source: Zeitschrift Naturforschung A, 45 (2), 179-183, (1990); https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-1990-0215


Data: table, diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: 230 - 430 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration: ~ 10^-5 M

Phase: solution (hexane, ethanol; tetrachloromethane, acetone, acetonitrile, water, buffer solutions)

pH: 3.2 - 10


Comments: The UV-vis absorption spectra of gossypol in solution consists of three well separated bands. The positions of absorption maxima and the values of molar absorption coefficients 
depend significantly on the solvent used.