Category: Database: Carbohydrate
Heptose
Heptoses are monosaccharides containing seven carbon atoms in their backbone, with the general molecular formula C₇H₁₄O₇. They belong to the…
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…