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alditol

carbohydrate that is an acyclic polyol having the general formula HOCH2[CH(OH)]nCH2OH (formally derivable from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl group)
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alditol

Summary

alditol is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. alditol ranks in the top 5% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • alditol's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • alditol is a type of polyol[4].
  • alditol is a type of carbohydrate derivative[5].
  • alditol is part of alditol metabolic process[6].
  • alditol is part of alditol biosynthetic process[7].
  • alditol is part of alditol catabolic process[8].
  • alditol's Commons category is recorded as Sugar alcohols[9].
  • alditol's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sugar alcohols[10].
  • alditol's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q107486081[11].

Why It Matters

alditol ranks in the top 5% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).[2] alditol has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] alditol is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). alditol. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/alditol
MLA “alditol.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/alditol.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_alditol_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{alditol}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/alditol}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Q15972877
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21081, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 5d ago · Wostr · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Permanent duplicated item → Q107486081
    Topic's main category → Category:Sugar alcohols
    Part of → alditol metabolic process, alditol biosynthetic process, alditol catabolic process
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1424]]: [[Q22878900]]"
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