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ribose

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Any aldopentose where the open-chain form has all the hydroxy groups on the same side in the Fischer projection. Occurrs in two enantiomeric forms, D- and L-ribose, of which only the former is found in nature.

Term info

Label

ribose

Synonyms
  • ribo-pentose
  • ribose
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
ribose [ IUPAC ]

IUPAC NAME
ribo-pentose [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C5H10O5

has alternative id

CHEBI:26564

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

id

CHEBI:33942

mass

150.130

monoisotopicmass

150.05282

Term relations

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