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hexose

Any six-carbon monosaccharide which in its linear form contains either an aldehyde group at position 1 (aldohexose) or a ketone group at position 2 (ketohexose).

ChEBI ID: 18133

Members (5)

Member	Definition	Role
5-ketofructose	A hexose obtained by selective dehydration at the 5-position of D-fructose.	5-dehydro-D-fructose
curdlan		hexopyranose
meglumine		6-(methylamino)hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol
olivose		D-olivose
provitamin c		2-Keto-L-gluconate

Research

Studies (496)

Timeframe	Studies, Drugs in This Class (%)	All Drugs %
pre-1990	20 (4.03)	18.7374
1990's	41 (8.27)	18.2507
2000's	94 (18.95)	29.6817
2010's	226 (45.56)	24.3611
2020's	115 (23.19)	2.80

Study Types

Publication Type	Studies, Drugs in This Class (%)	All Drugs (%)
Trials	1 (0.19%)	5.53%
Reviews	20 (3.90%)	6.00%
Case Studies	0 (0.00%)	4.05%
Observational	1 (0.19%)	0.25%
Other	491 (95.71%)	84.16%