Fluorophore

Alternative forms

• fluorophor

Origin

fluoro- + -phore.

Full definition of fluorophore

Noun

1. (biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
• 2006, Christian M. Apfel and Thilo Enderle, "Assays for High-Throughput Screening in Drug Discovery," in Combinatorial Chemistry: From Theory to Application http://books.google.com/books?id=LJHUbaMr1usC, ISBN 3527607382, page 629:The ideal fluorophore is a small, hydrophilic molecule with a long emission wavelength, large Stokes shift, high extinction coefficient, and high quantum efficiency.

Derived terms

• fluorophoric