CHEBI:18222 - xylose

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ChEBI Name xylose
ChEBI ID CHEBI:18222
Definition An aldopentose, found in the embryos of most edible plants and used in medicine to test for malabsorption by administration in water to the patient.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:27348, CHEBI:46500, CHEBI:10085, CHEBI:15332, CHEBI:33944
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Xylose (cf. Ancient Greek: ξύλον, xylon, "wood") is a sugar first isolated from wood, and named for it. Xylose is classified as a monosaccharide of the aldopentose type, which means that it contains five carbon atoms and includes an aldehyde functional group. It is derived from hemicellulose, one of the main constituents of biomass. Like most sugars, it can adopt several structures depending on conditions. With its free aldehyde group, it is a reducing sugar.
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Formula C5H10O5
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 150.130
Monoisotopic Mass 150.05282
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
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Outgoing xylose (CHEBI:18222) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
xylose (CHEBI:18222) is a aldopentose (CHEBI:33916)
Incoming xylose derivative (CHEBI:74865) has functional parent xylose (CHEBI:18222)
D-xylose (CHEBI:65327) is a xylose (CHEBI:18222)
L-xylose (CHEBI:65328) is a xylose (CHEBI:18222)
IUPAC Names
xylo-pentose
xylose
Synonyms Sources
DL-xylose ChEBI
Xyl JCBN
Xylose KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C01394 KEGG COMPOUND
Xylose Wikipedia
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Last Modified
10 January 2019