glucomannan
CHEBI:CHEBI_17020
Definition
A heteroglycan consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked D-glucose (G) and D-mannose (M) in a proportion of 5:8. The basic polymeric repeating unit has the pattern: GGMMGMMMMMGGM, with branching through beta-(1->3)- and beta-(1->6)-glucosyl linkages. Acetate groups are present on C-6 every 9-19 units of the main chain.
Alternative Names
- (Glucomannan)n
- (Glucomannan)n+1
- Glucomannan
- Glucomannoglycan
Drug Classification
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t130613
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Additional Identifiers
- DRON_00010000
- 11454
- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
- Reaxys:8188346
- core#notation
- CHEBI:17020
Additional References
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Additional Attributes
- oboInOwl#hasOBONamespace
- chebi_ontology
- DRON_00010000
- 11454
- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
- Reaxys:8188346
- oboInOwl#hasAlternativeId
- CHEBI:5410
- oboInOwl#id
- CHEBI:17020
- core#notation
- CHEBI:17020
- oboInOwl#inSubset
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
- RO_0000087
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_50733
- 22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
- http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
- owl#annotatedSource
- t130621
- owl#someValuesFrom
- t931410