aldose
nounEtymology ald(ehyde) + -ose
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group.
- 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.1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds, London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263:
- Derived terms
- aldehyde, alditol, aldonic, aldonic acid, aldoside, alduronic, ketoaldose
- Related terms
- ketose
- Coordinate terms
- formaldehyde, formose, -ose, saccharide, sugar