ribitol

English

Noun

ribitol (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) The sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose
   • 1964, Hamao Umezawa, Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Antibiotics, page 71:

     Reduction of neobiosamine C followed by hydrolysis gives ribitol.

Synonyms

• adonitol

Derived terms

• iminoribitol
• ribityl

Translations

a sugar alcohol formed by the reduction of ribose

• Japanese: リビトール (ribitōru), アドニトール (adonitōru)
• Portuguese: adonitol m, ribitol m

Portuguese

Noun

ribitol m (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) ribitol (a sugar alcohol formed by the reduction of ribose)

   Synonym: adonitol