aldose

English

Etymology

ald(ehyde) + -ose

Noun

aldose (plural aldoses)

1. (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^[1], 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.

Coordinate terms

• formaldehyde
• formose
• -ose
• saccharide
• sugar

 

Derived terms

• aldehyde
• alditol
• aldonic
• aldonic acid
• aldoside
• ketoaldose

 

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)

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