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Mannose
Mannose is a six-carbon monosaccharide (hexose) with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆. It is an aldohexose, meaning it contains an aldehyde…
Hexose
Hexoses are a class of monosaccharides composed of six carbon atoms, with the general molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆. They are fundamental…
Arabinose
Arabinose is a naturally occurring pentose sugar (five-carbon monosaccharide) with the molecular formula C₅H₁₀O₅. It belongs to the class of…
Xylose
Xylose is a naturally occurring five-carbon sugar (monosaccharide) that belongs to the group of aldopentoses. Its molecular formula is C₅H₁₀O₅,…
Ribulose
Ribulose is a five-carbon ketopentose monosaccharide with the molecular formula C₅H₁₀O₅. Unlike ribose, which is an aldopentose with an aldehyde…
Deoxyribose
Deoxyribose is a biologically vital aldopentose monosaccharide with the molecular formula C₅H₁₀O₄. It is structurally similar to ribose but differs…
ChemDB: Ribose
Chemically, Ribose is a single-ring 5-carbon (pentose) sugar. Ribose is an essential component of ribonucleic acid (RNA). It can exist…
Pentose
Pentoses are a class of monosaccharides that contain five carbon atoms and have the general chemical formula C₅H₁₀O₅. They can…
Threose
Threose is a four-carbon aldotetrose monosaccharide with the chemical formula C₄H₈O₄. Like erythrose, it belongs to the family of simple…
Erythrose
Erythrose is a four-carbon aldotetrose monosaccharide with the chemical formula C₄H₈O₄. It belongs to the family of simple sugars that…
Tetrose
Tetroses are simple monosaccharides that contain four carbon atoms, with the general chemical formula C₄H₈O₄. They are classified according to…
Glyceraldehyde
Glyceraldehyde is the simplest naturally occurring aldotriose monosaccharide, consisting of three carbon atoms, six hydrogens, and three oxygens (C₃H₆O₃). It…
Dihydroxyacetone
Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) is the simplest naturally occurring ketotriose monosaccharide, with the chemical formula C₃H₆O₃. Unlike its aldotriose counterpart, glyceraldehyde, dihydroxyacetone…
Triose
Trioses are the simplest monosaccharides that contain three carbon atoms, making them the smallest members of the carbohydrate family with…
Biopolymer
Biopolymers are naturally occurring macromolecules composed of repeating structural units produced by living organisms. They are the fundamental building blocks…