Preferred Label : Singlet Oxygen;
NCIt synonyms : 1[O2]; Dioxidene; 1O2; sO2; Singlet Dioxygen; (1)O2; Singlet Molecular Oxygen;
NCIt definition : An inorganic gas in which all of the electrons are spin paired and the lowest excited
state of the diatomic oxygen molecule, with potential cytotoxic activity. Singlet
oxygen (sO2) is highly reactive with organic compounds and contributes to the photodegradation
of many materials. This property is leveraged during photodynamic therapy (PDT) when
sO2 is generated from the triplet ground state of molecular oxygen (O2) and induces
oxidative damage and cell death in the targeted tissue.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1907390;
ChEBI ID : CHEBI:26689;
Origin ID : C200370;
UMLS CUI : C0074565;
Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
