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ribitol

ribitol noun: the sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose.

Noun

ribitol (uncountable)

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

Synonyms of ribitol

Words formed from ribitol

Questions about ribitol

What does ribitol mean?
Ribitol means the sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose.
What part of speech is ribitol?
Ribitol is a noun.

Words near ribitol in the dictionary

  1. Ribiers
  2. ribin
  3. ribins
  4. Ribisi
  5. Ribisis
  6. ribitol
  7. ribityl
  8. ribityls
  9. Ribița
  10. ribless
  11. riblessness

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