alditol metabolic process

id: GO:0019400
name: alditol metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving alditols, any polyhydric alcohol derived from the acyclic form of a monosaccharide by reduction of its aldehyde or keto group to an alcoholic group.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006059hexitol metabolic process
GO:0006071glycerol metabolic process
GO:0019401alditol biosynthetic process
GO:0019405alditol catabolic process
GO:0019519pentitol metabolic process
GO:0051472glucosylglycerol metabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019751polyol metabolic process
GO:0044262cellular carbohydrate metabolic process