Nonose
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  • Neuraminic acid
    Neuraminic acid
    Neuraminic acid is a 9-carbon monosaccharide, a derivative of a ketononose. Neuraminic acid may be visualized as the product of an aldol-condensation product of pyruvic acid and D-mannosamine...

  • Sialic acid
    Sialic acid
    Sialic acid is a generic term for the N- or O-substituted derivatives of neuraminic acid, a monosaccharide with a nine-carbon backbone. It is also the name for the most common member of this group, N-acetylneuraminic acid...

  • Legionaminic acid
  • Pseudaminic acid
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