Meaning | A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates. |
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Synonyms | monosaccharide, monosaccharose |
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Narrower | aldose | A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal |
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hexose | A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule |
ketose | Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal |
pentose | Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule |
tetrose | Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule |
triose | Any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule |
Broader | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar | An essential structural / structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals |
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Spanish | monosacárido, monosaccharose |
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Catalan | monosacàrid, monosaccharose |
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