{"term":{"id":"06904","title":"biomarker","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - biomarker","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.BT06904","code":"BT06904","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"A parameter that can be used to identify a toxic effect in an individual organism and can be used in extrapolation between species, or as an indicator signalling an event or condition in a biological system or sample and giving a measure of exposure, effect, or susceptibility. The term 'biomarker' is generally used in scientific publications. In occupational hygiene and health, 'biological monitoring' and 'biological effect monitoring' are used with the meaning 'monitoring biomarkers'.","links":[{"term":"biological effect monitoring","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/BT06900"},{"term":"biological monitoring","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/BT06902"},{"term":"monitoring","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/MT06831"}],"sources":["PAC, 2001, 73, 993. 'Risk assessment for occupational exposure to chemicals. A review of current methodology (IUPAC Technical Report)' on page 1022 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac200173060993)","PAC, 2004, 76, 1033. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicokinetics (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)' on page 1042 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac200476051033)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/BT06904\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/BT06904\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/BT06904\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'biomarker' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.BT06904","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-28T22:21:34+00:00"}}