Glyceraldehyde

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Glyceraldehyde
2D structure for Glyceraldehyde
Chemical Name 2,3-dihydroxypropanal
Chemical Formula C3H6O3
CAS Number 56-82-6
Chemical Information HMDB01051
Biochemical Taxonomy

  • Alcohols and Polyols

Functional Taxonomy Not Available
Nutritional Taxonomy Not Available
Metabolic Pathways

  • Bile Acid Biosynthesis
  • Butanoate Metabolism
  • Fatty Acid Metabolism
  • Fructose and Mannose Metabolism
  • Galactose Metabolism
  • Glycerolipid Metabolism
  • Glycolysis
  • Inositol Metabolism
  • Lysine Degradation
  • Pentose and Glucuronate Interconversions
  • Propanoate Metabolism
  • Pyruvate Metabolism
  • Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine Degradation

Biofluid Location

  • Blood

Tissue Location

  • Neurons

Normal Biofluid Concentrations

  • Blood: 1476.0 +/- 655.0 uM

Normal Tissue Concentrations Not Available
Diseases / Conditions Related to Nutrition Not Available
Other (Monogenic Disorders) Not Available
Abnormal Biofluid Concentrations Not Available
Abnormal Tissue Concentrations Not Available
Physiological Processes Not Available
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Glyceraldehyde is a triose monosaccharide with chemical formula C3H6O3. It is the simplest of all common aldoses. It is a sweet colorless crystalline solid that is an intermediate compound in carbohydrate metabolism. The word comes from combining glycerine and aldehyde, as glyceraldehyde is merely glycerine with one hydroxide changed to an aldehyde.

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Catabolism

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Nutritional Information

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