This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Sequestration is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
The term sequestration can have different meanings according to the context.
- Sequestration (law), the act of seizing property from the owner under process of law for the benefit of creditors or the state
Biochemistry
In biochemistry, sequestration indicates that a compound or metabolite is locked away so as not to be readily available. The inhibition or prevention of normal ion behavior by combination with added materials, especially the prevention of metallic ion precipitation from solution by formation of a coordination compound with a tree/to leave or isolate form.
Climate change
With regard to climate change,sequestration denotes the permanent storage of carbon dioxide or other IR active compounds, so they will not be released to the atmosphere where they would contribute to the greenhouse gas effect.
See also
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 6 August 2008, at 14:57.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Sequestration".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.