Not sure if it would be a good idea to label it as a sugar. I
believe to many people would consider it to be the same stuff I
sweeten my ceral with. The ribose sugar is a pentose unlike
sucrose which is made up of dextrose. We could do an article on
the actual molecule like we have for the phosphate.--Able806
10:28, 4 February 2009 (EST) - Well, of course. "Sugar"
indicates sweeteners such as table sugar (i.e., sucrose). We
need to have a list of common sugars; they all end in -ose,
right? - Perhaps a more general word than ribose (or that thing
with the 2 and the dash) would be carbohydrate. After giving a
simple definition in the intro, we can provide more specific
detailed information in the body of the article. Can you help
with this? --Ed Poor Talk 10:33, 4 February 2009 (EST) - I will
see what I can come up with, I have to head to the lab for now.
I starches and cellulose are carbohydrates as well so it is a
question of how close do we want to come to the actural molecule
name. I am fine with Ribose sin