November 2021

Pentose

Pentose: Importance in pentose phosphate pathway

Introduction Monosaccharides are the simplest types of carbohydrates that cannot be hydrolyzed further into small units. Monosaccharides are classified according to the number of carbon atoms. Pentose is a type of monosaccharide that contains 5 carbon atoms in its structure. For example, a molecule of three carbon atoms is trioses, four carbon atoms are tetrodes

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