xylitol

Term ID

CHEBI:17151

Synonyms

• (2R,3R,4S)-Pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol
• (2R,3r,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol
• D-XYLITOL
• L-xylitol
• meso-xylitol
• Xylit
• xylite
• xylitol

Definition

A pentitol (five-carbon sugar alcohol) having meso-configuration, being derived from xylose by reduction of the carbonyl group.

References

• cas:87-99-0
• drugbank:DB01904
• drugcentral:4604
• gmelin:82893
• hmdb:HMDB0002917
• kegg.compound:C00379
• kegg.drug:D00061
• metacyc.compound:XYLITOL
• pdb-ccd:XYL
• pubmed:11154411
• pubmed:11163479
• pubmed:12061879
• pubmed:15377394
• pubmed:16708791
• pubmed:16901854
• pubmed:17216457
• pubmed:17216458
• pubmed:17336832
• pubmed:17979222
• pubmed:18316079
• pubmed:20030329
• pubmed:22735334
• pubmed:22791282
• pubmed:23247825
• pubmed:23287496
• pubmed:23338824
• pubmed:23589387
• pubmed:23597921
• pubmed:23615861
• pubmed:23796483
• pubmed:23916161
• pubmed:23957303
• pubmed:24012734
• pubmed:24643482
• pubmed:25108762
• reaxys:1720523
• wikipedia.en:Xylitol

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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