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| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:15824 |
| ChEBI Name | D-fructose |
| Stars | |
| ASCII Name | D-fructose |
| Definition | Fructose 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 IDs | CHEBI:4118, CHEBI:12923, CHEBI:20929 |
| Last Modified | 24 September 2025 |
| Formula | C6H12O6 |
| Net Charge | 0 |
| Average Mass | 180.156 |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 180.06339 |
| Species of Metabolite | Component | Source | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) | - | DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488) | |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932) | - | PubMed (24678285) | Source: yeast.sf.net |
| Roles Classification |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| D-fructose |
| D-arabino-hex-2-ulose |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Levulose | KEGG COMPOUND |
| Fruit sugar | KEGG COMPOUND |
| D-Fru | JCBN |
| D-arabino-Hexulose | KEGG COMPOUND |
| Lävulose | ChEBI |
| D-laevulose | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| C00095 | KEGG COMPOUND |
| FRU | PDBeChem |
| FRU | MetaCyc |
| HMDB0000660 | HMDB |
| Registry Numbers | Sources |
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| CAS:57-48-7 | KEGG COMPOUND |
| CAS:57-48-7 | ChemIDplus |
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