alditol biosynthetic process

id: GO:0019401
name: alditol biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006114glycerol biosynthetic process
GO:0019406hexitol biosynthetic process
GO:0019526pentitol biosynthetic process
GO:0051473glucosylglycerol biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019400alditol metabolic process
GO:0034637cellular carbohydrate biosynthetic process
GO:0046173polyol biosynthetic process