FComEx: L-Arabitol (PC000333)

Record Information

Version

1.0

Creation date

2015-10-09 22:29:59 UTC

Update date

2017-01-19 02:36:20 UTC

FoodComEx ID

PC000333

FoodDB Record

FDB022709

Chemical Information

Name

L-Arabitol

Description

L-Arabitol has been reported in pentosuric acidemia (PMID 13525419). L-Arabinosinuia has been described in a patient, presented at the age of 16 months with delayed motor development and facial dysmorphism. (PMID 12359133) Congenital liver cirrhosis has been recently described in a patient with highly elevated plasma and urine levels of arabitol due to transaldolase deficiency. (Inherit Metab Dis 23(Suppl. 1):172, 2000.) [HMDB]. L-Arabitol is found in many foods, some of which are red raspberry, sweet orange, dandelion, and hyssop.

CAS Number

7643-75-6

Structure

MOL SDF PDB SMILES InChI

Synonyms

Synonym	Source
1,2,3,4,5-Pentahydroxypentane	hmdb
Adonite Adonitol	hmdb
L-(-)-Arabinitol	hmdb
L-(-)-Arabitol	hmdb
L-(+)-Arabitol	hmdb
L-Arabinitol	hmdb
L-Arabinol	hmdb
L-Lyxitol	ChEBI
L(-)-Arabitol	hmdb

Chemical Formula

C5H12O5

IUPAC name

(2S,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol

InChI Identifier

InChI=1S/C5H12O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h3-10H,1-2H2/t3-,4-/m0/s1

InChI Key

HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-IMJSIDKUSA-N

Isomeric SMILES

OC[C@H](O)C(O)[C@@H](O)CO

Average Molecular Weight

152.1458

Monoisotopic Molecular Weight

152.068473494

Chemical Taxonomy

Description

Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as sugar alcohols. These are hydrogenated forms of carbohydrate in which the carbonyl group (aldehyde or ketone, reducing sugar) has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group.

Kingdom

Organic compounds

Super Class

Organic oxygen compounds

Class

Organooxygen compounds

Sub Class

Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates

Direct Parent

Sugar alcohols

Alternative Parents

Substituents