photodynamic effect

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04600
A term used in
photobiology
to refer to photoinduced damage requiring the simultaneous presence of light,
photosensitizer
and molecular oxygen. A sensitized
photooxidation
which involves molecular oxygen.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2260 [Terms] [Paper]