Glucuronic acid and Iduronic acid are:: (A) Anomers, (B) Enantiomers, (C) Functional isomers, (D) Epimers
Answer is D. 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.