Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:17522
Name
alditol
Ontology
Synonyms
Alditol, alditol, Glycitol, Sugar alcohol, alditols
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A carbohydrate that is an acyclic polyol having the general formula HOCH2[CH(OH)]nCH2OH (formally derivable from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl group). [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of alditol (CHEBI:17522)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
alditol [is_a relation] is_a  polyol (CHEBI:26191)
alditol [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate (CHEBI:16646)
Children of alditol (CHEBI:17522)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
hexitol (CHEBI:24583) [is_a relation] is_a  alditol
glycerol (CHEBI:17754) [is_a relation] is_a  alditol
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