Octose

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An octose is a monosaccharide with eight carbons.

See also [edit]

Lincomycin

Types of carbohydrates

General

Geometry

Monosaccharides

Dioses	Aldodiose Glycolaldehyde

Trioses	Aldotriose Glyceraldehyde Ketotriose Dihydroxyacetone

Tetroses	Aldotetroses Erythrose Threose Ketotetrose Erythrulose

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

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

Heptoses	Ketoheptose Mannoheptulose Sedoheptulose

>7	Octose Nonose Neuraminic acid

Multiple

Disaccharides	Cellobiose Lactose Maltose Sucrose Trehalose Turanose

Trisaccharides	Maltotriose Melezitose Raffinose

Tetrasaccharides	Stachyose

Other oligosaccharides	Acarbose Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) Galactooligosaccharide (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS)

Polysaccharides	Beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Dextrin / Dextran Fructose / Fructan Inulin Galactose / Galactan Glucose / Glucan Glycogen Levan beta 2→6 Mannan Starch Amylopectin Amylose

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