Inositol

In biochemistry, medicine, and related sciences, inositol generally refers to '''myo-inositol (formerly meso-inositol'), the most important stereoisomer of the chemical compound cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol. Its formula is ; the molecule has a ring of six carbon atoms, each with a hydrogen atom and a hydroxy group (–OH). In myo''-inositol, two of the hydroxyls, neither adjacent nor opposite, lie above the respective hydrogens relative to the mean plane of the ring.

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'''scyllo-Inositol, also called scyllitol, cocositol, or quercinitol''', is a chemical compound with formula , one of the nine inositols, the stereoisomers of cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol. The molecule has a ring of six carbon atoms, each bound to one hydrogen atom and one hydroxyl group (–OH); if the ring is assumed horizontal, the hydroxyls lie alternately above and below the respective hydrogens.

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'1D-chiro-Inositol or D-chiro-inositol (often abbreviated DCI') is a chemical substance with formula , one of the nine isomers of cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol (which may be collectively called "inositol"). The molecule has a ring of six carbon atoms, each bound to one hydrogen atom and one hydroxyl (OH) group. The hydroxyls on atoms 1, 2, and 4, in counterclockwise order, lie above the plane of the ring. The molecule being distinct from its mirror image, the compound is chiral, hence its name. Its enantiomer (mirror compound) is 1L-chiro-inositol.

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Muco-inositol is one of nine stereo-isomers of inositol. It is involved in Na-path sensory transduction, and a derivative is viscumitol.

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