Preferred Name |
alditol |
Synonyms |
Alditol alditol alditols Glycitol Sugar alcohol |
Definitions |
A carbohydrate that is an acyclic polyol having the general formula HOCH2[CH(OH)]nCH2OH (formally derivable from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl group). |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17522 |
charge |
0 |
database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Glycerin KEGG:C00717 |
definition |
A carbohydrate that is an acyclic polyol having the general formula HOCH2[CH(OH)]nCH2OH (formally derivable from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl group). |
formula |
(CH2O)nC2H6O2 |
has_alternative_id |
CHEBI:13754 CHEBI:22298 CHEBI:2556 |
has_exact_synonym |
Alditol alditol |
has_obo_namespace |
chebi_ontology |
has_related_synonym |
alditols Glycitol Sugar alcohol |
id |
CHEBI:17522 |
in_subset | |
label |
alditol |
notation |
CHEBI:17522 |
prefLabel |
alditol |
subClassOf |