lyxose
Sign in to saveLyxose is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula . It is a C'-2 carbon epimer of the sugar xylose. The name "lyxose" comes from reversing the prefix "xyl" in "xylose".
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It sits within the topics Aldopentoses, Chembox image size set and Furanoses.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
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Lyxose is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula . It is a C'-2 carbon epimer of the sugar xylose. The name "lyxose" comes from reversing the prefix "xyl" in "xylose".
Lyxose occurs only rarely in nature, for example, as a component of bacterial glycolipids. left|thumb|330x330px|D-Lyxose in both its furanose and [[pyranose forms]]
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