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... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Diterpenes > Vitamin A > Tretinoin
... > Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkenes > Polyenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Cyclohexanes > Cyclohexenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic > Cycloparaffins > Cyclohexanes > Cyclohexenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin

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Tretinoin  

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Entry terms

  • Acid, all-trans-Retinoic
  • Acid, Retinoic
  • Acid, trans-Retinoic
  • Acid, Vitamin A
  • all trans Retinoic Acid
  • all-trans-Retinoic Acid
  • Retinoic Acid
  • trans Retinoic Acid
  • trans-Retinoic Acid
  • Vitamin A Acid

Scope note

  • An important regulator of GENE EXPRESSION during growth and development, and in NEOPLASMS. Tretinoin, also known as retinoic acid and derived from maternal VITAMIN A, is essential for normal GROWTH; and EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT. An excess of tretinoin can be teratogenic. It is used in the treatment of PSORIASIS; ACNE VULGARIS; and several other SKIN DISEASES. It has also been approved for use in promyelocytic leukemia (LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE).

History note

  • 80(75); was see under VITAMIN A 1975-79

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