OBO ID: CHEBI:15824
Term Name: D-fructose Search Ontology:
Synonyms:
  • D-arabino-hex-2-ulose
  • D-arabino-Hexulose
  • D-Fru
  • D-fructose
  • D-laevulose
  • Fruit sugar
  • Laevulose
  • Levulose
Definition: Fructose is a levorotatory monosaccharide and an isomer of glucose. Although fructose is a hexose (6 carbon sugar), it generally exists as a 5-member hemiketal ring (a furanose).
References:
  • CAS:57-48-7
  • HMDB:HMDB0000660
  • KEGG:C00095
  • MetaCyc:FRU
  • PDBeChem:FRU
  • PMID:22735334
Ontology: ChEBI  ( EBI )
PHENOTYPE No data available