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MeSH Heading: Fluorescent Dyes
Tree Number(s): D27.720.233.348; D27.720.470.410.505.500
Unique ID: D005456
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005456
Scope Note: Chemicals 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.
Entry Term(s): Flourescent Agent; Fluorescence Agents; Fluorescent Agents; Fluorescent Dye; Fluorescent Probe; Fluorescent Probes; Fluorochrome; Fluorochromes; Fluorogenic Substrate; Fluorogenic Substrates
NLM Classification #: QV 240
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/04/09

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0008609
Scope Note: Chemicals 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.
Terms: Fluorescent Dyes Preferred Term
Term UI T016610
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Flourescent Agent
Term UI T001000437
Date12/06/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Fluorescent Dye
Term UI T000996756
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Fluorochrome
Term UI T000996758
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Fluorochromes
Term UI T016612
Date03/31/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Fluorescent Agents
Term UI T583481
Date04/15/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Fluorescence Agents
Term UI T583482
Date04/15/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

Fluorescent Dyes MeSH Descriptor Data 2025