Decomposition of S-Nitrosothiols Induced by UV and Sunlight

Table 1

Quantum yields of the decay of RSNO solutions under UV irradiation (values in brackets are obtained for sunlight irradiation).

RSNO	Aerated		Ar saturated
	pH 3	pH 7	pH 3	pH 7
SNAP	0.54 (0.78)	0.74 (0.81)	0.33 (0.40)	0.33 (0.49)
CMESNO	0.38 (0.48)	0.83 (0.84)	0.26 (0.32)	0.62 (0.52)
ACSNO	0.58 (0.65)	0.62 (0.76)	0.51 (0.59)	0.54 (0.73)
PSNO	0.23	0.48	0.22	0.36
SNAC	0.39	0.42	0.26	0.34
GSNO	0.41	0.49	0.28	0.34
CySNO	0.54	0.69	0.42	0.49