Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A deoxyribofuranose is an alternative name to the ring structure of deoxyribose. This alternative name merely refers to the fact that deoxyribose has a five membered ring consisting of four carbons and a oxygen. Deoxyribofuranose is more of structural description than a name. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.