ketose
nounEtymology From keto- + -ose.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A saccharide containing a ketone 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
- aminoketose, ketosamine, ketoside, xyloketose