sorbitol biosynthetic process

id: GO:0006061
name: sorbitol biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006060sorbitol metabolic process
GO:0019406hexitol biosynthetic process