Formula C5H10O5 Appearance Faint yellow syrup | Molar mass 150.13 g/mol PubChem CID 22253 | |
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Xylulose meaning
Xylulose is a ketopentose, a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including a ketone functional group. It has the chemical formula C5H10O5. In nature, it occurs in both the - and -enantiomers.
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Medical vocabulary what does xylulose mean
Pathology
L-Xylulose accumulates in the urine in patients with pentosuria, due to a deficiency in L-xylulose reductase. Since L-xylulose is a reducing sugar like D-glucose, pentosuria patients have been wrongly diagnosed in the past to be diabetic.
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