Nonose

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A nonose is a monosaccharide with nine carbons.^[1]

[edit] Example nonoses

[edit] References

^ Paul G. Engelkirk and Gwendolyn R. Wilson Burton. (2006) Burton's microbiology for the health sciences, p. 92. ISBN 9780781771955

Types of carbohydrates

General:

Aldose · Ketose · Furanose · Pyranose

Geometry

Cyclohexane conformation · Anomer · Mutarotation

Monosaccharides

Dioses	Aldodiose (Glycolaldehyde)

Trioses	Ketotriose (Dihydroxyacetone) · Aldotriose (Glyceraldehyde)

Tetroses	Ketotetrose (Erythrulose) · Aldotetroses (Erythrose, Threose)

Pentoses	Ketopentose (Ribulose, Xylulose) Aldopentose (Ribose, Arabinose, Xylose, Lyxose) Deoxy sugar (Deoxyribose)

Hexoses	Ketohexose (Psicose, Fructose, Sorbose, Tagatose) Aldohexose (Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose) Deoxy sugar (Fucose, Fuculose, Rhamnose)

Heptoses	Ketoheptose (Sedoheptulose, Mannoheptulose)

>7	Octose · Nonose (Neuraminic acid)

Multiple

Disaccharides	Sucrose · Lactose · Maltose · Trehalose · Turanose · Cellobiose

Trisaccharides	Raffinose · Melezitose · Maltotriose

Tetrasaccharides	Acarbose · Stachyose

Other oligosaccharides	Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) · Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) · Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS) · Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO)

Polysaccharides	Glucose/Glucan: Glycogen · Starch (Amylose, Amylopectin) · Cellulose · Dextrin/Dextran · Beta-glucan (Zymosan, Lentinan, Sizofiran) · Maltodextrin Fructose/Fructan: Inulin · Levan beta 2→6 Mannose/Mannan Galactose/Galactan N-Acetylglucosamine: Chitin

biochemical families: proteins (amino acids/intermediates) · nucleic acids (constituents/intermediates) · carbohydrates (glycoproteins, alcohols, glycosides)
lipids (fatty acids/intermediates, phospholipids, steroids, sphingolipids, eicosanoids) · tetrapyrroles/intermediates

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