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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
galactitol metabolic process +   
hexitol biosynthetic process +   
hexitol catabolic process +   
mannitol metabolic process +  
sorbitol metabolic process +   
The chemical reactions and pathways involving sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group.

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: sorbitol metabolism
Xrefs: MetaCyc:P461-PWY
Definition Sources: ISBN:0198506732

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