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monosaccharide

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Parent monosaccharides are polyhydroxy aldehydes H[CH(OH)]nC(=O)H or polyhydroxy ketones H-[CHOH]n-C(=O)[CHOH]m-H with three or more carbon atoms. The generic term 'monosaccharide' (as opposed to oligosaccharide or polysaccharide) denotes a single unit, without glycosidic connection to other such units. It includes aldoses, dialdoses, aldoketoses, ketoses and diketoses, as well as deoxy sugars, provided that the parent compound has a (potential) carbonyl group.

Term info

Label

monosaccharide

Synonyms
  • Monosaccharide
  • monosaccharides
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
monosaccharides [ IUPAC ]

has alternative id

CHEBI:6984, CHEBI:25407

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

monosacaridos, monosacarido, Monosacharid, Monosaccharid

id

CHEBI:35381

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