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alditol

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A carbohydrate that is an acyclic polyol having the general formula HOCH2[CH(OH)]nCH2OH (formally derivable from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl group).

Term info

Label

alditol

Synonyms
  • Alditol
  • alditol
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

charge

0

formula

(CH2O)nC2H6O2

has alternative id

CHEBI:22298, CHEBI:2556, CHEBI:13754

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

Glycitol, Sugar alcohol, alditols

id

CHEBI:17522