Associations to the word «Ligand»
Noun
- Motif
- Antagonist
- Electron
- Carbohydrate
- Bis
- Potency
- Serotonin
- Spacer
- Substrate
- Monomer
- Silica
- Uptake
- Fluorescence
- Cleavage
- Sulfur
- Equilibrium
- Rna
- Inhibition
- Cl
- Acid
- Zinc
- Lipid
- Dopamine
- Enzyme
- Dye
- Constant
- Dependent
- Dna
- Polymer
- Purification
- Localization
- Synthesis
- Mrna
- Cascade
- Scaffold
- Solvent
- Fe
- Ag
- Backbone
- Nitrogen
- Bound
- Hydrolysis
- Chemistry
- Acetate
- Pharmaceutical
- Valence
- Phosphate
- Phosphorus
- Signalling
- Proliferation
- Differentiation
- Sulfate
- Collagen
- Geometry
- Metabolite
- Derivative
- Precursor
- Mutation
- Calcium
- Pore
- Cell
- Ether
- Tors
- Transforming
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
LIGAND, noun. (chemistry) An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex.
LIGAND FIELD THEORY, noun. (chemistry) (physics) a theory, a combination of the earlier crystal field theory with molecular orbital theory, that describes the structure of coordination compounds
Dictionary definition
LIGAND, noun. A substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom.
Wise words
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