CHEBI:15824 - D-fructose

ChEBI IDCHEBI:15824
ChEBI NameD-fructose
Stars
ASCII NameD-fructose
DefinitionFructose is a levorotatory monosaccharide and an isomer of glucose. Although fructose is a hexose (6 carbon sugar), it generally exists as a 5-member hemiketal ring (a furanose).
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:4118, CHEBI:12923, CHEBI:20929
Last Modified24 September 2025
FormulaC6H12O6
Net Charge0
Average Mass180.156
Monoisotopic Mass180.06339
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932) - PubMed (24678285) Source: yeast.sf.net
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite  Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
fundamental metabolite  Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
D-fructose (CHEBI:15824) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
D-fructose (CHEBI:15824) is a fructose (CHEBI:28757)
Incoming Relation(s)
keto-D-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (CHEBI:16905) has functional parent D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
keto-D-fructose 6-phosphate (CHEBI:15946) has functional parent D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
D-fructose 1-phosphate (CHEBI:78736) has functional parent D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
D-fructose 6-phosphate (CHEBI:78697) has functional parent D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
D-fructuronic acid (CHEBI:20937) has functional parent D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
5-dehydro-D-fructose (CHEBI:17011) has functional parent D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
royal jelly (CHEBI:78665) has part D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
keto-D-fructose (CHEBI:48095) is a D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
D-fructofuranose (CHEBI:37721) is a D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
D-fructopyranose (CHEBI:37714) is a D-fructose (CHEBI:15824)
IUPAC Names 
D-fructose
D-arabino-hex-2-ulose
Synonyms  Source
LevuloseKEGG COMPOUND
Fruit sugarKEGG COMPOUND
D-FruJCBN
D-arabino-HexuloseKEGG COMPOUND
LävuloseChEBI
D-laevuloseChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00095KEGG COMPOUND
FRUPDBeChem
FRUMetaCyc
HMDB0000660HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
CAS:57-48-7KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:57-48-7ChemIDplus
Citations