Heptose

Heptose

A heptose is a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms.

They either have an aldehyde functional group in position 1 (aldoheptoses), or a ketone functional group in position 2 (ketoheptoses).

There are few examples of C-7 sugars in nature, among which are sedoheptulose and L-glycero-D-manno-heptose.

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)

Heptose	Sedoheptulose

Multiple

Disaccharides	Sucrose \| Lactose \| Trehalose \| Maltose

Trisaccharides	Raffinose \| Melezitose \| Maltotriose

Tetrasaccharides	Acarbose \| Stachyose

Other oligosaccharides	Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) \| Galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) \| Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS)

Polysaccharide	Glycogen \| Starch (Amylose \| Amylopectin) \| Cellulose \| Chitin \| Inulin \| Dextrin \| Glucan (Beta-glucan)

See also