Fluorochrome vs. Fluorophore

Fluorochromenoun

Any of various fluorescent dyes used to stain biological material before microscopic examination

Fluorochromenoun

Any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens.

Fluorochromenoun

any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens

Fluorochromenoun

a chemical that fluoresces, especially one used as a label in biological research.

Fluorophorenoun

(biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.

Fluorophorenoun

Any group of atoms whose presence in a molecule causes the molecule to be fluorescent.

Fluorophorenoun

Any fluorescent compound.

Fluorophore

A fluorophore (or fluorochrome, similarly to a chromophore) is a fluorescent chemical compound that can re-emit light upon light excitation. Fluorophores typically contain several combined aromatic groups, or planar or cyclic molecules with several π bonds.Fluorophores are sometimes used alone, as a tracer in fluids, as a dye for staining of certain structures, as a substrate of enzymes, or as a probe or indicator (when its fluorescence is affected by environmental aspects such as polarity or ions).