allose

English

Etymology

all +‎ -ose

Chemist Emil Fischer is credited with the following mnemonic for the order of the configurations of the 8 aldohexoses (See Coordinate terms below.) about the chiral centers when ordered as 3-bit binary strings: All altruists gladly make gum in gallon tanks.

Noun

allose (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs

Coordinate terms

• (aldohexose with aldehyde group): allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose

Translations

epimer of glucose

• Spanish: alosa f

Anagrams

• LOAELs, soleal