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Biochemistry Classification of carbohydrate b26d4db8

Glucuronic acid and Iduronic acid are:

A
Anomers
B
Enantiomers
C
Functional isomers
D
Epimers
High-Yield Explanation
option d : Glucuronic acid and Iduronic acid are Epimers Epimers are stereoisomers that differ around the configuration of a single asymmetric carbon other than the anomeric carbon. Epimers of glucose can be remembered as MAGI. Mannose -C2 epimer, Allose -C3 epimer, Galactose -C4 epimer Idose -C5 epimer.

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