Laser flash photolysis as tool in the elucidation of the nitric oxide binding mechanism to metallobiomolecules

The article presents a sampling of mechanistic studies on nitric oxide binding to metallobiomolecules. The main emphasis falls on the application of ambient and high pressure laser flash photolysis techniques in the elucidation of the mechanism of the reaction of NO with metals in acti v e centres of biomolecules and complexes of potential medicinal application. # 2002 Else v ier Science B.V. All rights reserved.