Chinese handmade mulberry paper: Generation of reactive oxygen species and sensitivity to photodegradation

Handmade mulberry paper is a traditional bark paper of China dating back nearly two millennia and is still a popular medium used today for preserving and restoring Asian paper artefacts. In the present study, samples of modern Chinese mulberry paper from different traditional manufacturers were artificially aged by exposure to UVA radiation. Their degradation patterns and associated generation of superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxides were...