Molecular Mechanisms of Aldehyde Toxicity: A Chemical Perspective

In systematic chemical nomenclature, aldehyde names end with the suffix -al Examples of aldehydes are methanal , HCOH, and ethanal

An aldehyde is an organic compound It contains a formyl group A formyl group is a part of a molecule with the structure R-CHO

aldehyde Formation of Aldehydes Bioactive aldehydes can be produced by a variety of mechanisms, including enzymatic and non-enzymatic processes Aldehyde production in

aldehyde aldehydes , brain aldehyde dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde , the principal metabolic product of ethanol We suggest here the possibility that acetaldehyde