inositols
MediLexicon inositol - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'inositol'
[1. A member of the vitamin B complex necessary for growth of yeast and of mice; absence from the diet causes alopecia and dermatitis in mice and “spectacle eyes” in rats. It occurs in a number of stereoisomeric forms: cis-, epi-, allo-, neo-, myo-, muco-, chiro-, and scyllo-inositols; the most abundant naturally occurring inositol is myo-inositol (usually meant when “inositol” occurs without a prefix).
Molecular Formula:
C6H12O6
InChI: InChI=1/C6H12O6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-12H
InChIKey: InChIKey=CDAISMWEOUEBRE-UHFFFAOYAU
SMILES: OC1C(O)C(O)C(O)C(O)C1O
Names:
cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
EPIINOSITOL
inositol
inositols
NSC55551
1,2,3,4,5,6-cyclohexanehexol
Registries:
PubChem CID 892
ChEBI 24848
PubChem ID 105284
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