Organic Chemical
glyceraldehyde
glyc·er·al·de·hyde [ glis-uh-ral-duh-hahyd ]
Subclass of:
Aldehydes; Trioses
Definitions related to glyceraldehyde:
  • Aldose, the aldehyde form of the triose derived by oxidation of glycerol.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • An aldotriose containing the propionaldehyde structure with hydroxy groups at the 2- and 3-positions. It is involved in the formation of ADVANCED GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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