PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | 61-63°C |
| Boiling point: | 366.92°C (rough estimate) |
| Density | 1.0083 (rough estimate) |
| refractive index | 1.4500 (estimate) |
| storage temp. | -20°C |
| solubility | Chloroform (Slightly), Ethyl Acetate (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| form | powder |
| color | yellow |
| Water Solubility | <70mg/L(25 ºC) |
| Stability: | Hygroscopic, Light Sensitive, Temperature Sensitive |
Description and Uses
All trans-Retinal has been used:
- in optogenetic experiments
- in electrophysiological experiment
- to study the effect of AKR1B10 (aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily member) on the conversion of retinal to retinol in the airway epithelium
- in decidual transformation of human endometrial stromal cells
