Monosaccharides are the most basic unit of carbohydrates. They are the simplest form of sugar and are usually colorless, water-soluble, crystal solids.... containing five carbon
Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element with chemical symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalence?making four electrons available to form covalent bond chemical bonds.... atom
Atom
|-! bgcolor=gray | Properties|-||}The atom is a basic unit of matter consisting of a dense, central atomic nucleus surrounded by a electron cloud of electric charge electrons.... s, and including a ketone
Ketone
In organic chemistry, a ketone is a type of organic compound which contains a carbonyl group bonded to two other carbon atoms in the form:Neither of the substituents R1 and R2 may be equal to hydrogen .... functional group
Functional group
In organic chemistry, functional groups are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.... . It has the chemical formula
Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound, and how the relationship between those atoms changes in chemical reactions.... 5105. In nature, it occurs in both the L- and D-enantiomer
Enantiomer
In chemistry, an enantiomer is one of two stereoisomers that are Superpose complete mirror images of each other, much as one's left and right Chirality are "the same" but opposite.... s.
Monosaccharides are the most basic unit of carbohydrates. They are the simplest form of sugar and are usually colorless, water-soluble, crystal solids.... containing five carbon
Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element with chemical symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalence?making four electrons available to form covalent bond chemical bonds.... atom
Atom
|-! bgcolor=gray | Properties|-||}The atom is a basic unit of matter consisting of a dense, central atomic nucleus surrounded by a electron cloud of electric charge electrons.... s, and including a ketone
Ketone
In organic chemistry, a ketone is a type of organic compound which contains a carbonyl group bonded to two other carbon atoms in the form:Neither of the substituents R1 and R2 may be equal to hydrogen .... functional group
Functional group
In organic chemistry, functional groups are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.... . It has the chemical formula
Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound, and how the relationship between those atoms changes in chemical reactions.... 5105. In nature, it occurs in both the L- and D-enantiomer
Enantiomer
In chemistry, an enantiomer is one of two stereoisomers that are Superpose complete mirror images of each other, much as one's left and right Chirality are "the same" but opposite.... s.
Urine is a liquid waste product of the body secreted by the kidneys by a process of filtration from blood called urination and excreted through the urethra.... in patients with pentosuria
Pentosuria
Pentosuria is a condition where xylulose presents in the urine in unusually high concentrations.It is associated with a deficiency of L-xylulose reductase.... , due to a deficiency in L-xylulose reductase
L-xylulose reductase
L-xylulose reductase is an enzyme responsible for the metabolism of xylulose, converting it into xylitol.... . Since L-xylulose is a reducing sugar like D-glucose, pentosuria patients have been wrongly diagnosed in the past to be diabetic.
Arabinose is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula Carbon5Hydrogen10Oxygen5 and a molar mass of 150.13 g/mol....
Deoxyribose, also known as D-Deoxyribose and 2-deoxyribose, is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group in its linear structure....
Ribose, primarily occurring as D-ribose, is an organic compound that occurs widely in nature. It is an aldopentose, that is a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms that, in its acyclic form, has an aldehyde functional group at one end....
Xylose, or wood sugar, is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula 5105....
