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What is an aldehyde?

What is an aldehyde? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
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Alcohols, particularly methanol and ethanol, are metabolized to formate and lactate via an aldehyde.
Sections were also stained with Luna's aldehyde fuchsin as well as with orcein for observation and quantification of elastic fibers.
The enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase is responsible for efficient metabolism of alcohol after it has been oxidised to acetaldehyde.
After coating the glass with a silane reagent containing aldehyde groups, they used Schiff's base chemistry to immobilise the protein molecules.
Ground substance or basement membrane is stained by aldehyde fuchsin, periodic acid-Schiff stain, and toluidine blue.
The process will be described with reference to citronellal as the aldehyde but it is equally applicable to homologues thereof.

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