- An
aldose is a
monosaccharide (a
simple sugar) with a
carbon backbone chain with a
carbonyl group on the
endmost carbon atom,
making it an aldehyde, and...
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Aldose reductase inhibitors are a
class of
drugs being studied as a way to
prevent eye and
nerve damage in
people with diabetes.
Their target,
aldose...
- In enzymology,
aldose reductase (or
aldehyde reductase) (EC 1.1.1.21) is a
cytosolic NADPH-dependent
oxidoreductase that
catalyzes the
reduction of a variety...
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Ekenstein transformation is the base or acid
catalyzed transformation of an
aldose into the
ketose isomer or vice versa, with a
tautomeric enediol as reaction...
- and is
technically an aldehyde. In that case, the
compound is
termed an
aldose. Otherwise, the
molecule has a
ketone group, a
carbonyl −(C=O)− between...
- oxidoreductase. The
overall reaction involves the
opening of the ring to form an
aldose via acid/base
catalysis and the
subsequent formation of a cis-endiol intermediate...
- In enzymology, an
aldose 1-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.3) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction alpha-D-glucose ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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which is
subsequently oxidized to fructose. It is also
called the sorbitol-
aldose reductase pathway. The
pathway is
implicated in
diabetic complications,...
- In enzymology, an
aldose 1-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.121) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction D-
aldose + NAD+ ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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between aldose and
ketose sugars. If the
sugar contains a
ketone group, it is a ketose. If a
sugar contains an
aldehyde group, it is an
aldose. This test...
