Deoxy sugar

Deoxy sugar
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Comparison of the chemical
structures of ribose (top)
and deoxyribose (bottom).

Deoxy sugars are sugars that have had a hydroxyl group replaced with a hydrogen.

Examples include:

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General:

Geometry

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	Acarbose \| Raffinose \| Melezitose \| Maltotriose

Tetrasaccharides	Stachyose

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

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