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CHEBI:37166 - xylan

ChEBI IDCHEBI:37166
ChEBI Namexylan
Stars
DefinitionPolysaccharides composed of xylose residues.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:10077, CHEBI:27335
Last Modified1 October 2025
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
Wikipedia
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
xylan (CHEBI:37166) is a hemicellulose (CHEBI:61266)
xylan (CHEBI:37166) is a homopolysaccharide (CHEBI:37164)
Incoming Relation(s)
xylan derivative (CHEBI:71299) has functional parent xylan (CHEBI:37166)
(1→3)-β-D-xylan (CHEBI:18924) is a xylan (CHEBI:37166)
(1→4)-β-D-xylan (CHEBI:15447) is a xylan (CHEBI:37166)
arabinoxylans (CHEBI:22603) is a xylan (CHEBI:37166)
glucuronoarabinoxylans (CHEBI:24300) is a xylan (CHEBI:37166)
glucuronoxylan (CHEBI:60938) is a xylan (CHEBI:37166)
IUPAC Name 
xylan
Synonyms  Source
XylanKEGG COMPOUND
xylansChEBI
(1,4-beta-D-Xylan)nKEGG COMPOUND
(1,4-beta-D-Xylan)n+1KEGG COMPOUND
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00707KEGG COMPOUND
C02352KEGG COMPOUND
G10512KEGG GLYCAN
FDB001133FooDB
XylansMetaCyc
HMDB0301774HMDB
XylanWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
CAS:9014-63-5KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:9014-63-5ChemIDplus
Citations