Product Information
- (3S,4S,5R)-oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
- <span class="text-smallcaps">D</span>-Lyxose
- D-lyxopyranose
- Lyxose, <span class="text-smallcaps">D</span>-
- Nsc 224430
- Pentopyranose
- alpha-D-lyxopyranose
- beta-D-lyxopyranose
- Lyxose, D-
Applications D-Lyxose is a C’-2 epimer of D-Xylose (X750750). It is a monosaccharide and a reducing carbohydrate present in maple syrup. It is used in molecular modeling calculations in the study of drug binding and recognition in relation to aldose reductase.
References Taga, A. et al.: Chromatographia, 75, 17 (2012); De Winter, H. et al.: Biochem., 34, 8299 (1995);