daunosamine
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Daunosamine is a deoxy sugar and amino sugar of the hexosamine class.
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- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 147.089543
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₃NO₃
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C(C(CC=O)N)O)O
- isomeric SMILES
- C[C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](CC=O)N)O)O
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Daunosamine is a deoxy sugar and amino sugar of the hexosamine class.
Daunosamine is a component of the anthracycline class of antineoplastics, linked to a derivative of naphthacene. It is a component of birch juice.
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