allose
English
editEtymology
editChemist 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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editallose (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) An epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs
Coordinate terms
edit- (aldohexose with aldehyde group): allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose
Translations
editepimer of glucose
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