ribitol

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ribitol (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) The sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose
    • 1964, Hamao Umezawa, Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Antibiotics, page 71:
      Reduction of neobiosamine C followed by hydrolysis gives ribitol.

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Noun

ribitol m (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) ribitol (a sugar alcohol formed by the reduction of ribose)
    Synonym: adonitol
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