retinaldehyde
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retinaldehyde — Retinal Ret i*nal, n. (Chem.) A retinoid compound ({C20H28O}), closely related to vitamin A, which is a component of the visual pigments in the eye. It is also called {retinaldehyde} and {vitamin A aldehyde}. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
retinaldehyde — Retinol oxidized to a terminal aldehyde; retinal; a carotene released (as all trans retinal) in the bleaching of rhodopsin by light and the dissociation of opsin in the vision cycle. SYN: retinene 1 … Medical dictionary
RLBP1 — Retinaldehyde binding protein 1, also known as RLBP1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: RLBP1 retinaldehyde binding protein 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=6017| accessdate … Wikipedia
Retinoic acid — For all trans retinoic acid as a drug, see Tretinoin. For 9 cis retinoic acid as a drug, see Alitretinoin. For 13 cis retinoic acid as a drug, see Isotretinoin. All trans retinoic acid … Wikipedia
Retinene — The Retinenes (Retinene1 and Retinene2) are chemical derivatives of the dietary supplement vitamin A (see retinol) formed through oxidation reactions.Retinene1 is better known as retinaldehyde or simply retinal and is fundamental in the… … Wikipedia
Vitamin A — Systematic (IUPAC) name (2E,4E,6E,8E) 3,7 Dimethyl … Wikipedia
ALDH1A2 — Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member A2, also known as ALDH1A2, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: ALDH1A2 aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member A2| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView… … Wikipedia
retinal — 1. Relating to the retina. 2. Retinaldehyde; most commonly referring to the all trans form. r. dehydrogenase an oxidoreductase catalyzing the interconversion of retinaldehyde and NAD+ to retinoic acid and NADH … Medical dictionary
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