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Introduction
One of two molecules (having more than 1 chiral center) differing only in the spatial arrangement about a single chiral atom; e.g. alpha-D glucose & alpha-D galactose (with respect to C4).
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995