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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Heptose as a noun (organic chemistry):
A sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
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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