sedoheptulose

See also: sédoheptulose

English

Noun

sedoheptulose (countable and uncountable, plural sedoheptuloses)

  1. (biochemistry) A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis

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