carbohydrate
Any member of the class of organooxygen compounds that is a polyhydroxy-aldehyde or -ketone or a lactol resulting from their intramolecular condensation (monosaccharides); substances derived from these by reduction of the carbonyl group (alditols), by oxidation of one or more hydroxy groups to afford the corresponding aldehydes, ketones, or carboxylic acids, or by replacement of one or more hydroxy group(s) by a hydrogen atom; and polymeric products arising by intermolecular acetal formation between two or more such molecules (disaccharides, polysaccharides and oligosaccharides). Carbohydrates contain only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms; prior to any oxidation or reduction, most have the empirical formula Cm(H2O)n. Compounds obtained from carbohydrates by substitution, etc., are known as carbohydrate derivatives and may contain other elements. Cyclitols are generally not regarded as carbohydrates.
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EMBL-EBI 2025 Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI). The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EBML). [2025-2-27] www.ebi.ac.uk
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Danish
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kulhydrat Noun, Neuter, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Dutch; Flemish
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koolhydraat Noun, Neuter, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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English
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carbohydrate Noun, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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French
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hydrate de carbone Compound noun, Masculine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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German
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Kohlehydrat Noun, Neuter, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Italian
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carboidrato Noun, Masculine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Italian
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idrato di carbonio Compound noun, Masculine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Norwegian
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karbohydrat Noun, Neuter, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Portuguese
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carbohidrato Noun, Masculine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Portuguese
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hidrato de carbono Compound noun, Masculine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
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hidrat de carbon Compound noun, Masculine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Spanish; Castilian
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hidrato de carbono Compound noun, Masculine, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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Swedish
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kolhydrat Noun, Neuter, Singular |
Michael Rubinigg
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