The difference between Heptose and Sedoheptulose

When used as nouns, heptose means a sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms, whereas sedoheptulose means a heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum.


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  1. Heptose as a noun (organic chemistry):

    A sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.

  1. Sedoheptulose as a noun (biochemistry):

    A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis

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