D-Galacturonic acid
id:
d-galacturonic-acid-168-1234805
title:
D-Galacturonic acid
text:
d-Galacturonic acid is a sugar acid, an oxidized form of d-galactose. It is the main component of pectin, in which it exists as the polymer polygalacturonic acid. In its open form, it has an aldehyde group at C1 and a carboxylic acid group at C6. Other oxidized forms of d-galactose are d-galactonic acid and meso-galactaric acid. It is also a uronic acid or hexuronic acid. Naturally occurring uronic acids are d-glucuronic acid, d-galacturonic acid, l-iduronic acid and d-mannuronic acid.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Sugar acid
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Galacturonic_acid
date created:
2005-10-24T08:53:46Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T17:19:27Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Galacturonic_acid.png","width":1229,"height":894}
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13
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