Sedoheptulose is a ketoheptose — a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms and a ketone functional group. It is one of the few heptoses found in nature.
CH2-OH
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C=O
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HO-CH
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HC-OH
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HC-OH
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HC-OH
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CH2-OH
D-Sedoheptulose
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Ketohexose ( Psicose, Fructose, Sorbose, Tagatose)
Aldohexose (Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose)
Deoxy sugar ( Fucose, Fuculose, Rhamnose)
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Sedoheptulose
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