The use of cyclic 1,3‐dienes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as xenobiotic substrates for the interception of electronically excited (singlet) molecular oxygen (1O2) in biological systems is reviewed and criticized, and the possibility of utilization of reactive endogenous substrates for 1O2 interception is considered. The common sterols, cholesterol, 5α‐cholest‐7‐en‐3β‐ol, and 5α‐lanost‐8‐en‐3β‐ol each give oxidation products with 1O2 different from those with ground‐state molecular oxygen that can be distinguished from one another by simple chromatographic means.
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