Preferred Name

Tretinoin [Chemical/Ingredient]
Synonyms

Retinoic acid

all-trans-Retinoic Acid

Vitamin A Acid

trans-Retinoic Acid

Tretinoin

Retinoic Acid

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000005950

altLabel

Retinoic acid

all-trans-Retinoic Acid

Vitamin A Acid

trans-Retinoic Acid

Tretinoin

Retinoic Acid

cui

C0040845

Ingredient of

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153247

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153252

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000184117

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000022315

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000193741

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000146871

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153249

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000171948

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153253

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153251

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000163954

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000189291

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000190785

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153248

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153254

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000164250

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000153250

MESH DEFINITION

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).

MESH DUI

D014212

MeSH name

Tretinoin

MESH UI

M0021879

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000005950

NUI

N0000005950

prefLabel

Tretinoin [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T109

T131

T121

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