11-cis retinal

Description

A metabolite required for opsin function.

Synonyms

11-cis-Retinal; 11-cis-Retinaldehyde; 11-cis-Vitamin A aldehyde; Neoretinene b; 11-cis-Retinene; (11Z)-Retinal

Retinaldehyde structure, image from Pubchem

References

• PubChem CID:5280490
• Comparative Toxicogenomics Database
• Wang et al. (2010)

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