Vitamin E and Alzheimer's Risk. A second study in the July issue of the Archives of Neurology shows that eating foods rich in vitamin E may help lower risks of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Ribose and Deoxyribose. The 5-carbon sugars ribose and deoxyribose are important components of nucleotides, and are found in RNA and DNA, respectively. The sugars found in nucleic acids are pentose sugars; a pentose sugar has five carbon atoms. A combination of a base and a sugar is called a nucleoside. Ribose, found in RNA, is a normal sugar, with one oxygen atom attached to each carbon atom. Deoxyribose, found in DNA, is a modified sugar, lacking one oxygen atom (hence the name deoxy).
2 â A 5 carbon sugar, deoxyribose (hence the name deoxyribonucleic acid). There are two sugars found in nucleic acids; ribose is found in RNA (ribonucleic acid) and deoxyribose in DNA. Deoxyribose refers to the fact that one of the hydroxyl (OH) groups is missing from this sugar. Examine the two sugars below. Identify which is ribose and which is deoxyribose.