Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Xyl
ose
:
The
aldopentose
monosaccharide
having the
molecular structure
shown below. Xylose can refer to either a
cyclic
or an
acyclic
form of this
molecule
.
Molecular Structure
of (
D
)-(
+
)-Xyl
ose
Fischer projection
Related terms:
Ribose
,
arabinose
,
lyxose
,
triose
,
tetrose
,
pentose
,
hexose
,
aldose
,
ketose
,
aldotriose
,
ketotriose
,
aldotetrose
,
ketotetrose
,
ketopentose
,
aldohexose
,
ketohexose
,
disaccharide
,
oligosaccharide
,
polysaccharide
,
L
,
(-)
,
wedges
,
CHO
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