Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:18133
Name
hexose
Ontology
Synonyms
Hexose, WURCS=2.0/1,1,0/[axxxxh-1x_1-5_2*NCC/3=O]/1/, hexoses
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any six-carbon monosaccharide which in its linear form contains either an aldehyde group at position 1 (aldohexose) or a ketone group at position 2 (ketohexose). [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of hexose (CHEBI:18133)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
hexose [is_a relation] is_a  monosaccharide (CHEBI:35381)
Children of hexose (CHEBI:18133)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
aldohexose (CHEBI:33917) [is_a relation] is_a  hexose
ketohexose (CHEBI:24973) [is_a relation] is_a  hexose
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