ribitol

English

Noun

ribitol (uncountable)

(biochemistry) The sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose
- 1964, Hamao Umezawa, Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Antibiotics, page 71:
  Reduction of neobiosamine C followed by hydrolysis gives ribitol.

Synonyms

adonitol

Derived terms

Translations

a sugar alcohol formed by the reduction of ribose

Japanese: リビトール (ribitōru), アドニトール (adonitōru)
Portuguese: adonitol m, ribitol m

Portuguese

Noun

ribitol m (uncountable)

(biochemistry) ribitol (a sugar alcohol formed by the reduction of ribose)
Synonym: adonitol

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