| id | GO:0019401 Detailed information
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| name | alditol biosynthetic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of alditols, any polyhydric alcohol derived from the acyclic form of a monosaccharide by reduction of its aldehyde or keto group to an alcoholic group." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "alditol anabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "alditol biosynthesis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "alditol formation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "alditol synthesis" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0019400 ! alditol metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0034637 ! cellular carbohydrate biosynthetic process
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| is_a | GO:0046173 ! polyol biosynthetic process
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