Name: D-Arabinose
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- Overview
  - The aldopentose D-arabinose also known as aloinose, Aloe sugar, pectinose (Collins, 2006), is not as common in nature as its enantiomer L-arabinose. D-arabinose is a component of the polysaccharide in Aloe (Haynes, 1963) and is present in the unripe (green) tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) (Chandra, 2009). The major cell wall carbohydrate of Corynebacterineae (a bacterial group that includes tuberculosis, leprosy and diphtheriae) is an arabinogalactan, a branched polysaccharide that is essential for the physiology of these bacteria. The arabinogalactan complex is often referred to as mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex. As arabinogalactan is made up of D-arabinofuranosyl and D-galactofuranosyl residues, a complete understanding of their biosynthethic pathways could provide suitable targets for new chemotherapeutics (Meniche, 2008).
    
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- Properties
  - CAS Number
    
    10323-20-3
    
    Molecular Formula
    
    C5H10O5
    
    Molecular Weight
    
    150.13 g/mol
    
    MDL Number
    
    MFCD00135608
    
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- Reference
  - Collins et al (2006) Dictionary of Carbohydrates, Chapman&Hall, A850
    Haynes et al (1963) Naturally Occurring C-Glycosyl Compounds, Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, 18, 227-258, Academic Press.
    Chandra et al (2009) Chemical analysis of a polysaccharide of unripe (green) tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), Carbohydrate Research, 344(16), 2188-2194.
    Meniche et al (2008) Partial redundancy in the synthesis of the D-arabinose incorporated in the cell wall arabinan of Corynebacterineae. Microbiology (Reading, England), 154(8), 2315–2326.