PYRIDOXAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyridoxal mean? 

• PYRIDOXAL (noun)
  The noun PYRIDOXAL has 1 sense:

1. a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch

  Familiarity information: PYRIDOXAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYRIDOXAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adermin; pyridoxal; pyridoxamine; pyridoxine; vitamin B6

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

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

 Context examples 

This species is obligately homofermentative, requires pyridoxal for growth in culture and ferments trehalose and esculin but not lactose.

(Lactobacillus jensenii, NCI Thesaurus)

B vitamins include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin (nicotinic acid), niacinamide (nicotinamide), the vitamin B6 group (including pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), biotin, pantothenic acid, folic acid, and possibly para-aminobenzoic.

(B Vitamin, NCI Thesaurus)

Other ingredients in green tea extract-based antioxidant supplement include dry cinnamon extract, germanium, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, arginine, cysteine, malic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), glycyrrhizinic acid, glycine, glucosamine, pyridoxal (vitamin B6), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), folic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).

(Green Tea Extract-based Antioxidant Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)