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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2011-09-21 00:35:37 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 02:45:06 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB023841</accession>
  <name>9-cis-Retinol</name>
  <description>9-cis-retinol is a retinoid. Retinoids (vitamin A and its analogs) are essential dietary substances that are needed by mammals for reproduction, normal embryogenesis, growth, vision, and maintaining normal cellular differentiation and the integrity of the immune system. Within cells, retinoids regulate gene transcription acting through ligand-dependent transcription factors, the retinoic acid receptors (RARs), and the retinoid X receptors (RXRs). All-trans-retinoic acid binds only to RARs with high affinity, whereas its 9-cis isomer binds with high affinity to both RARs and RXRs. The actions of all-trans- and 9-cis-retinoic acid in regulating cellular responses are distinct and not interchangeable. (PMID: 9115228) [HMDB]</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>(2e,4e,6Z,8e)-3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol</synonym>
    <synonym>(9cis)-Retinol</synonym>
    <synonym>9-cis retinol</synonym>
    <synonym>9-cis-Retinol</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C20H30O</chemical_formula>
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  <traditional_iupac>α-sol</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>22737-97-9</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>C\C(=C/CO)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C</smiles>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as retinoids. These are oxygenated derivatives of 3,7-dimethyl-1-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-enyl)nona-1,3,5,7-tetraene and derivatives thereof.</description>
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    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Lipids and lipid-like molecules</super_class>
    <class>Prenol lipids</class>
    <sub_class>Retinoids</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic homomonocyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Diterpenoids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Fatty alcohols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Primary alcohols</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aliphatic homomonocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Diterpenoid</substituent>
      <substituent>Fatty acyl</substituent>
      <substituent>Fatty alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Primary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Retinoid skeleton</substituent>
    </substituents>
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      <external_descriptor>Fat-soluble vitamins</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>Retinoids</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>Retinoids</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>retinol</external_descriptor>
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  </taxonomy>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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      <name>Retinol Metabolism</name>
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