Storage Condition
Protect From Light
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The material degrades on exposure to light, usually ultraviolet and short-wavelength visible light, so it is kept in amber glass, in its carton, or wrapped. This is a handling condition rather than a temperature, and it often applies during preparation and administration as well as during storage. Some compounds carry it and most do not.
Why it matters here
This term sits alongside a temperature class rather than replacing one, so a record can carry both, and our storage field holds them as separate values instead of one blended sentence.
What it is not
An amber vial is a means of meeting this requirement, not the requirement itself: a clear vial inside a closed carton can satisfy it, and an amber vial on a sunny windowsill does not. Seeing amber vial on a listing also tells you nothing about the temperature the material needs.
Also called
- protect from light
- light sensitive
- amber vial
- photosensitive
Amber vial and photosensitive are indexed here because that is how listings and searches phrase it. Amber glass is one solution to the requirement rather than a synonym for it.
Compounds carrying this term
None on file yet. This term is in the controlled vocabulary but no compound record currently uses it — which is a statement about our coverage, not about the term.