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ALDEHYDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aldehyde" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aldehyde"):

ethanal trimer; paraldehyde (a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent)

acetaldehyde; ethanal (a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs)

formaldehyde; methanal (a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol)

furfural; furfuraldehyde (a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent)

glyceraldehyde; glyceric aldehyde (a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars)

propanal; propionaldehyde (a colorless liquid aldehyde)

acrolein; propenal (a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene)

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 Context examples: 

Oxidation of the alcohol is catalyzed by an alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase catalyzes the formation of the dicarboxylic acid.

(Omega-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The levo-enantiomer of an orally bioavailable polyphenolic aldehyde, derived primarily from unrefined cottonseed oil, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(L-Gossypol, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substance that inhibits aldehyde reductase (aldose reductase), an enzyme that participates in glucose metabolism and osmoregulation.

(Aldose Reductase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the metabolism of aldehydes and ketones.

(AKR1C1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes alcohol dehydrogenase [NADP(+)] protein, is involved in the reduction of biogenic and xenobiotic aldehydes.

(AKR1A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the reduction of biogenic and xenobiotic aldehydes.

(AKR1A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in aldehyde metabolism.

(Aflatoxin B1 Aldehyde Reductase Member 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Aldehydes are found in essential oils (scented liquid taken from plants).

(Aldehyde, NCI Dictionary)

This protein plays a role in the reduction of biogenic and xenobiotic aldehydes.

(Alcohol Dehydrogenase [NADP(+)], NCI Thesaurus)

Aldehyde dehydrogenase mitochondrial protein (517 aa, ~56 kDa) is encoded by the human ALDH2 gene.

(Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)