Description of Rhamnose (Rham)

Rhamnose (Rham) is a by itself occurring deoxy sugar. It can be classified as either a methyl-pentose or a 6-deoxy-hexose. Rhamnose occurs in attributes in its L-form as L-rhamnose (6-deoxy-L-mannose). This is unusual, back a lot of of the by itself occurring sugars are in D-form. Exceptions are the methyl pentoses L-fucose and L-rhamnose and the pentose L-arabinose.

Rhamnose can be abandoned from Buckthorn (Rhamnus), adulteration sumac, and plants in the brand Uncaria. Rhamnose is aswell produced by microalgae acceptance to the Bacillariophyceae.

Rhamnose is frequently apprenticed to added sugars in nature. It is a accepted glycone basic of glycosides from abounding plants. Rhamnose is aswell a basic of the alien corpuscle film of acid-fast bacilli in the Mycobacterium genus, which includes the animal that causes tuberculosis.