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Organic Chemicals > Luciferins

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Luciferins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Luciferin

Scope note

  • Organic substances found in organisms that generate BIOLUMINESCENCE such as FIREFLY LUCIFERIN that produces light when oxidized to the excited oxyluciferin by the action of the enzyme LUCIFERASE.

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000090562

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