| Term: | eye malonaldehyde |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | eye |
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| Synonyms: | eyes |
| Definition: | Cavitated compound organ that consists of the neural retina, lens, cornea and iris and is the sensory apparatus of the visual system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000107] |
| Name: | malonaldehyde |
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| Synonyms: | 1,3-Propanedial, 1,3-Propanedialdehyde, 1,3-Propanedione, malonaldehyde, Malondialdehyde, Malonic aldehyde, Malonic dialdehyde, Malonodialdehyde, Malonyldialdehyde, MDA, MDD, propanedial |
| Definition: | A dialdehyde that is propane substituted by two oxo groups at the terminal carbon atoms respectively. A biomarker of oxidative damage to lipids caused by smoking, it exists in vivo mainly in the enol form. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:566274] ( EBI ) |