Effect of beta-carotene on ultraweak chemiluminescence of UVB-irradiated squalene.

An emission spectral analysis was carried out on chemiluminescence emitted from UVB-irradiated squalene. The main emission species produced by the transition of (1 delta g) (1 delta g) and (1 delta g) (1 sigma g +) to (3 sigma g -) (3 sigma g -) were found by spectroscopic analysis of the chemiluminescence. When beta-carotene was added to the irradiated squalene, its spectral pattern changed drastically and many peaks disappeared.