tagatose

English

Etymology

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Noun

tagatose (countable and uncountable, plural tagatoses)

1. (biochemistry) The ketohexose (3S,4S,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-hexan-2-one; it is very sweet.

Translations

ketohexose

• Catalan: tagatosa f
• Esperanto: tagatozo
• Hungarian: tagatóz
• Spanish: tagatosa f