CHEBI:35381 - monosaccharide

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ChEBI Name monosaccharide
ChEBI ID CHEBI:35381
Definition Parent monosaccharides are polyhydroxy aldehydes H[CH(OH)]nC(=O)H or polyhydroxy ketones H‒[CHOH]n‒C(=O)[CHOH]m‒H with three or more carbon atoms. The generic term 'monosaccharide' (as opposed to oligosaccharide or polysaccharide) denotes a single unit, without glycosidic connection to other such units. It includes aldoses, dialdoses, aldoketoses, ketoses and diketoses, as well as deoxy sugars, provided that the parent compound has a (potential) carbonyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:25407, CHEBI:6984
Related Structures
monosaccharide is a Functional Parent of
monosaccharide derivative
Definition : A carbohydrate derivative that is formally obtained from a monosaccharide.
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