Schiff base (aldimine)

Introduction

Product of the condensation of amine with reducing sugar.

    R-N=CH-CH-R'
           |
           OH

see non-enzymatic glycosylation

More general terms

• imine

More specific terms

• N-retinylidine-N-retinyl ethanolamine
• N-retinylidine-N-retinyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine

Additional terms

• Amadori rearrangement
• non-enzymatic glycosylation (Maillard reaction)