ABSTRACT
Monosaccharides are simple sugars with multiple hydroxyl groups (Molecular Biochemistry 1, 2013).
MONOSACCHARIDES (WIKIPEDIA, “2-CARB-3 CARB AND 2-CARB-4”, 2013)
D-Glucose CHO-HCOH-HCOH-HCOH-HCOH-CH2OH A compressed version of D-Glucose would have the 4 HCOH units notated as
HCOH (4) and would be written as follows: D-Glucose (Compressed) CHO-HCOH (4)-CH2OH D-Xylose CHO-HCOH-HCOH-HCOH-CH2OH A compressed version of D-Xylose would have the 3 HCOH units notated as
HCOH (3) and would be written as follows: D-Xylose (Compressed) CHO-HCOH (3)-CH2OH D-Arabino-Hex-2-ulose CH2OH-C=O-HOCH-HCOH-HCOH-
CH2OH (D-Fructose) A compressed version of D-Arabino-Hex-2-ulose would have the 2 HCOH units
notated as HCOH (2) and would be written as follows:
H 2 H - C = O H O C H - H C O H (2)-CH2OH
(Compressed) D-Glycero-gulo-Heptose CHO-HCOH-HCOH-HCOH-HCOH-
HCOH-CH2OH A compressed version of D-glycero-gulo-Heptose would have the 5 HCOH units
notated as HCOH (5) and would be written as follows: D-glycero-gulo-Heptose CHO-HCOH (5)-CH2OH (Compressed) L-Arabinose CHO-HCOH-HOCH-HOCH-CH2OH A compressed version of L-Arabinose would have the 3 HCOH units notated as
HCOH (3) and written as follows: L-Arabinose CHO-HCOH (3)-CH2OH (Compressed) L-glycero-D-manno-Heptose CHO-HOCH-HOCH-HCOH-HCOH-
HOCH-CH2OH A compressed version of L-glycero-D-manno-Heptose would have the 2 HOCH
and 2 HCOH units notated as HOCH (2) and HCOH (2) and written as follows: L-glycero-D-manno-Heptose CHO-HOCH (2)-HCOH (2)-HOCH-
CH2OH (Compressed)
