Formula C5H10O5 | ||
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Lyxose is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula C5H10O5. It is a C'-2 carbon epimer of the sugar Xylose.
Lyxose occurs only rarely in nature, for example, as a component of bacterial glycolipids.




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