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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
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