Aldehyde

so with asian flush syndrome they have underactive aldehyde dehydrogenase right? and so methanol is converted to formaldehyde and this is toxic when it builds up... therefore people with asian flush syndrome would be more susceptible than someone ...

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... the fate of alcohol, but I just remember that in the yeast it is transported out of the cell and in humans alcohol dehydrogenase convert it to the aldehyde. So alcohol is like a waste. Am I right, Andrew? ;)

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... reducing sugars are such that they reduce Cu III to Cu+ ions, as in a Benedict’s solution. This reduction is due to the double bonded =O in the Aldehyde, and Keytone groups. What I do not get is how this reaction occurs when the monosaccharide like say glucose forms a ring which it does when ...

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... fixing points for functional anionic additives. For example, the cationic cellulose fibre can be obtained by oxidation of the fibre to introduce aldehyde groups, followed by reaction of part of the aldehyde groups with a nitrogen-containing reagent such as betaine hydrazide hydrochloride. This ...

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... have any exposed OH groups? What do you mean by exposed? Also i just looked up on Wikipedia that Fructose is a reducing sugar, as it does have an aldehyde group.

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