id | GO:0006061   Detailed information |
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  name | sorbitol biosynthetic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  synonym | "sorbitol anabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "sorbitol biosynthesis" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "sorbitol formation" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "sorbitol synthesis" EXACT [] |
  is_a | GO:0006060 ! sorbitol metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0019406 ! hexitol biosynthetic process |
  DPGLEAN09075