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Arabinose vs Ribose - What's the difference?

arabinose | ribose |

As nouns the difference between arabinose and ribose

is that arabinose is (carbohydrate) an aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin while ribose is ribose.

arabinose

English

Noun

(wikipedia arabinose) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.

    • Related terms

    *arabinan *arabinase

    Derived terms

    * arabinoside * cytosine arabinoside

    ribose

    English

    (wikipedia ribose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (carbohydrate) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

    • See also

    * RNA * ribonucleic acid * nucleoside * nucleotide