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EntityQ1094905· pop 17· linked from 111 articles

Also known as Octoses

An octose is a monosaccharide containing eight carbon atoms. Lincomycin contains the octose methylthiolincosamide.

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It is catalogued under the topic Monosaccharides.

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Subclass of
monosaccharide
Has part
carbon
Followed by
nonose
Follows
heptose
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chemical formula
C₈H₁₆O₈
Commons category
Octoses
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An octose is a monosaccharide containing eight carbon atoms. Lincomycin contains the octose methylthiolincosamide.

==See also== Heptose Hexose Pentose

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “octose” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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