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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, retinene, vitamin A aldehyde.
- r. dehydrogenase SYN: retinal dehydrogenase.
- r. isomerase SYN: retinal isomerase.
- r. reductase alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD(P)+).

Medical dictionary. 2011.