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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. chemical substances
  3. technical chemicals
  4. dyes
  5. fluorescent dyes

Preferred term

fluorescent dyes

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Agents that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2015

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • fluorochromes
  • fluorophores

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/3057

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