In reference to biochemistry, this is an important concept as far as kinetics is concerned in metalloproteins.
This can allow for the rapid synthesis and degradation of substrates in biological systems.
In medicine, the term "labile" means susceptible to alteration or destruction.
[2] Compounds or materials that are easily transformed (often by biological activity) are termed labile.
As a general example, if a molecule exists in a particular conformation for a short lifetime, before adopting a lower energy conformation (structural arrangement), the former molecular structure is said to have 'high lability' (such as C25, a 25-carbon fullerene spheroid).