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Definitions of retinal in various dictionaries:
noun - either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light
adj - in or relating to the retina of the eye
noun - a pigment in the retina
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Retinal is also known as retinaldehyde. It was originally called retinene, and renamed after it was discovered to be vitamin A aldehyde. Retinal is one of the many forms of vitamin A (the number of which varies from species to species). Retinal is a polyene chromophore, bound to proteins called opsins, and is the chemical basis of animal vision. * Retinal allows certain microorganisms to convert light into metabolic energy. * Vertebrate animals ingest retinal directly from meat, or they produce retinal from carotenoids, either from one of two carotenes (-carotene, -carotene) or from -cryptoxanthin, a type of xanthophyll. These carotenoids must be obtained from plants or other photosynthetic organisms. No other carotenoids can be converted by animals to retinal, and some carnivores cannot convert any carotenoids at all. The other main forms of vitamin A, retinol, and a partially active form, retinoic acid, may both be produced from retinal. * Invertebrates such as insects and squid use hydrox |