Pentose

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A pentose is an organic chemical compound (carbohydrate) with five carbon atoms.

Both ribose and deoxyribose are pentoses.

See also

• triose, tetrose, hexose
• monosaccharide, disaccharide

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Pentose" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentose, used under the GNU Free Documentation License