由一个的核苷酸有机基地（底座）、五个碳糖（戊）和磷酸盐。
显然敏感品种的呼吸主要通过糖酵解途径，而抗性品种比较依赖戊糖磷酸途径。
乙醇的高产依赖于木质纤维素水解液中六碳糖和五碳糖的共同发酵。
并重点讨论了五碳糖还原脱氧合成法的机理和改进的方法。
另一个重要的醛酸，葡萄糖酸是戊糖磷酸途径的中间产物。
1·The production of UDPGIC starts with carbon compounds entering the pentose phosphate cycle.
UDPGIC 的生产始于碳化合物进入戊糖磷酸循环。
2·Sensitive varieties apprently respire mainly by the glycolysis pathway whereas resistant varieties depend more on the pentose phosphate pathway.
显然敏感品种的呼吸主要通过糖酵解途径，而抗性品种比较依赖戊糖磷酸途径。
3·The repression of hexose catabolite on pentose fermentation could be resolved by controlling the amount of air supply.
废液中已糖对戊糖代谢的抑制可通过调节空气量来解决。
4·Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and 6-phosphaogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH) are key enzymes in the plant pentose phosphate pathway.
葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶与6-磷酸葡萄糖酸脱氢酶是植物戊糖磷酸途径中的两个关键酶。
5·The major components of hemicellulose is pentose, including xylose, arabinose, etc., which can be used as carbon source of ethanol fermentation.
其半纤维的主要组成成分是戊糖，包括木糖、阿拉伯糖等，可以作为酒精发酵的碳源。