Arabinose Arabinose

Arabinose - Definition and Overview

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Fischer projection of L-arabinose

Arabinose is a sugar, one of the pentose series of carbohydrates.

Isomerism

L-arabinose has the same configuration at its penultimate carbon as L-glyceraldehyde.

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