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EntityQ3065731· pop 17· linked from 30 articles

Also known as 2-methyl-3-hydroxy-4-formyl-5-hydroxymethylpyridine, 3-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-4-pyridinecarboxaldehyde, 3-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylisonicotinaldehyde, 3-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridine-4-carboxaldehyde, Piridoxal, Pyridoxaldehyde, 3-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-pyridine-4-carbaldehyde, 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-methylol-isonicotinaldehyde

Pyridoxal (PL) is one form of vitamin B6.

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Subclass of
vitamin B6
Mass
167.058
Has use
medication
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found in taxon
soybean
chemical formula
C₈H₉NO₃
canonical SMILES
CC1=NC=C(C(=C1O)C=O)CO
subject has role
primary metabolite
Commons category
Pyridoxal
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Pyridoxal (PL) is one form of vitamin B6.

Some medically relevant bacteria, such as those in the genera Granulicatella and Abiotrophia, require pyridoxal for growth. This nutritional requirement can lead to the culture phenomenon of satellite growth. In in vitro culture, these pyridoxal-dependent bacteria may only grow in areas surrounding colonies of bacteria from other genera ("satellitism") that are capable of producing pyridoxal.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pyridoxal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.