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Deoxyhexose
Introduction
Deoxy sugars are sugars that have had a hydroxyl group replaced with a hydrogen.
Examples include:
- Deoxyribose (based upon ribose)
- Fucose
- Rhamnose
External links
- Deoxy+Sugars at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Overview at qmul.ac.uk
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