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carbohydrate

Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:16646
Name
carbohydrate
Ontology
Synonyms
carbohydrate, carbohydrates, Kohlenhydrat, Kohlenhydrate, a carbohydrate, carbohidrato, carbohidratos, glucide, glucides, glucido, glucidos, hydrates de carbone, saccharide, saccharides, saccharidum
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Definition
Any member of the class of organooxygen compounds that is a polyhydroxy-aldehyde or -ketone or a lactol resulting from their intramolecular condensation (monosaccharides); substances derived from these by reduction of the carbonyl group (alditols), by oxidation of one or more hydroxy groups to afford the corresponding aldehydes, ketones, or carboxylic acids, or by replacement of one or more hydroxy group(s) by a hydrogen atom; and polymeric products arising by intermolecular acetal formation between two or more such molecules (disaccharides, polysaccharides and oligosaccharides). Carbohydrates contain only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms; prior to any oxidation or reduction, most have the empirical formula Cm(H2O)n. Compounds obtained from carbohydrates by substitution, etc., are known as carbohydrate derivatives and may contain other elements. Cyclitols are generally not regarded as carbohydrates. [source: unknown]
Comment
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Subset
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Parents of carbohydrate (CHEBI:16646)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
carbohydrate [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrates and carbohydrate derivatives (CHEBI:78616)
Children of carbohydrate (CHEBI:16646)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
oligosaccharide (CHEBI:50699) [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate
polysaccharide (CHEBI:18154) [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate
alditol (CHEBI:17522) [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate
carbohydrate derivative (CHEBI:63299) [has_functional_parent relation] has_functional_parent  carbohydrate
nucleoside (CHEBI:33838) [has_functional_parent relation] has_functional_parent  carbohydrate
monosaccharide (CHEBI:35381) [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate
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