cyclitol
Sign in to save220px|thumb|right|inositol is a common cyclitol. In organic chemistry, a cyclitol is a cycloalkane containing at least three hydroxyl, each attached to a different ring carbon atom. Most commonly, cyclitol refers to cyclic sugar alcohol. Cyclitols and their derivatives are some of the compatible solutes that are formed in a plant as a response to salt or water stress. Cyclitols are minor components of trees. Some cyclitols (e.g. quinic or shikimic acid) are parts of hydrolysable tannins.
Research
433 papers- Cyclitol metabolism is a central feature of Burkholderia leaf symbionts.Environmental microbiology · 2023
- The Study of Protein-Cyclitol Interactions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
- β-l-Arabinofurano-cyclitol Aziridines Are Covalent Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors and Activity-Based Probes for Retaining β-l-Arabinofuranosidases.ACS chemical biology · 2023
- Biosynthesis of cyclitols.Natural product reports · 2022
- An Orthogonally Protected Cyclitol for the Construction of Nigerose- and Dextran-Mimetic Cyclophellitols.Organic letters · 2021
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12 sectionsContents
- Naturally occurring cyclitols
- Unsubstituted
- Substituted
- Glycosides
- Phosphates
- Other cyclitols
- Applications
- Analysis methods
- Further reading
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220px|thumb|right|inositol is a common cyclitol. In organic chemistry, a cyclitol is a cycloalkane containing at least three hydroxyl, each attached to a different ring carbon atom. Most commonly, cyclitol refers to cyclic sugar alcohol. Cyclitols and their derivatives are some of the compatible solutes that are formed in a plant as a response to salt or water stress. Cyclitols are minor components of trees. Some cyclitols (e.g. quinic or shikimic acid) are parts of hydrolysable tannins.
Even simple cyclitols can be complicated by different isomeric possibilies. For example, there are three different constitutional isomers of cyclohexanetriol: 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-. And even though there is only one reasonably stable constitutional isomer of cyclohexanehexol (inositol), there are nine stereoisomers possible.