aldose

English

Etymology

ald(ehyde) + -ose

Noun

aldose (plural aldoses)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.
- 1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds‎, London, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263:
  The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.

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Translations

any of a class of monosaccharides

Catalan: aldosa f
Esperanto: aldozo
Finnish: aldoosi (fi)
Hungarian: aldóz (hu)
Norwegian: aldose (no) m
Polish: aldoza f
Portuguese: aldose (pt) f
Spanish: aldosa f

See also

ketose

Anagrams

Daleos, Delaos

Portuguese

Noun

aldose f (plural aldoses)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) aldose (any of a class of monosaccharides)

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