monosaccharide
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Monosaccharide
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/MolecularEntity/
SubClass Of: carbohydrate
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › molecular entity › organic molecular entity › carbohydrate › monosaccharide
Definition
carbohydrate that consists of a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or polyhydroxy ketone unit with three or more carbon atoms and is not glycosidically linked to another carbohydrate unit
Examples
- glucose; fructose; galactose
Adapted From
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_35381
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
See the primitive rationale under molecular entity
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
Monosaccharide(x) → Carbohydrate(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is a ‘monosaccharide’ then x is a ‘carbohydrate’
Description Logic
SubClassOf: constr:Carbohydrate