Biological material

Biological material or substance may refer to:

• In the broadest sense, a material, that is, a chemical substance (elements or compounds) or mixture of substances, present or produced in a living organism, being ionic or not, molecular or a non-bonded atom (monatomic), an inorganic or a organic compound
  • Bioelement, a chemical element present in a living organism
  • Biomolecule, a molecule, present in a living organism
  • Biogenic substance, a chemical substance produced by a living organism
  • Biotic material, Natural material or Natural product, a material produced by a living organism
• Bio-based material, a processed biotic material
• Biocompatible materials and bioapplicable materials
• Biocomposite
• Biomass, living or dead biological matter, often plants grown as fuel
• Biomass (ecology), the total mass of living biological matter
• Biomaterial, any material exploited in contact with living tissues, organisms, or microorganisms
• Bodily fluid
• Cellular component, material and substances of which cells (and thus living organisms) are composed
• Organic matter, matter that has come from a once-living organism, is capable of decay or the product of decay, or is composed of organic compounds
• Tissue (biology), or just tissue
• Viable material, capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions. (see: viability selection)