Natura - nature actualia - actual entities Mundus Plinius - physical world naturalia - natural bodies "crystal-kingdom" chemical substances chemical compounds Class carbohydrates [Cn(H2O)n, etc.] Class saccharides Class monosaccharides - sugars Class aldoses [H[CH(OH)]nC(=O)H (n>=2), etc.] 1 glyceraldehyde [C3H6O3; CH(=O)CH(OH)CH2OH] 2.1 erythrose [C4H8O4; CH(=O)[CHOH]2CH2OH] 2.2 threose [C4H8O4; CH(=O)[CHOH]2CH2OH] 3.1.1 ribose [C5H10O5; CH(=O)[CHOH]3CH2OH] 3.1.2 arabinose [C5H10O5; CH(=O)[CHOH]3CH2OH] 3.2.1 xylose [C5H10O5; CH(=O)[CHOH]3CH2OH] 3.2.2 lyxose [C5H10O5; CH(=O)[CHOH]3CH2OH] 4.1.1.1 allose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH] 4.1.1.2 altrose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH] 4.1.2.1 glucose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH] 4.1.2.2 mannose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH] 4.2.1.1 gulose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH] 4.2.1.2 idose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH] 4.2.2.1 galactose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH] 4.2.2.2 talose [C6H12O6; CH(=O)[CHOH]4CH2OH]