Ultra-weak photon emission from biological samples: Definition, mechanisms, properties, detection and applications

2014/02/19 by Michal Cifra, Pavel Pospíšil, Pavel Pospı́šil · 2 voices · 19 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.02.009

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Citations

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Discussions

• 2/3 Cifra & Pospíšil (2014) review how oxidative metabolism generates ultra-weak photon emission: electronically excited states form during lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation, with intensity ref [bsky, 1 points, 2 comments]
• Interesting preprint, but I don't see the link to biophoton emission. The methods describe cryo-ET, not photon-counting detectors or dark-count controls. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.02.0 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]