aldose
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A simple sugar with a chemical group called an aldehyde at one end
- noun
- /ˈælˌdoʊs/
- Specialized
:
aldosa
- Glucose is a simple aldose that plays a crucial role in energy production.
Examples
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The chemist explained that an aldose contains an aldehyde group and is a type of sugar.
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In biochemical studies, aldoses like ribose are important for nucleic acid synthesis.
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And here we have our aldose accepts the two carbons.
Surface Forms
Morphology
aldose = aldehyde (semi-transparent) = aldo + ose
Formed by the combining form 'aldo-' (from aldehyde) plus the sugar-forming suffix '-ose'; understanding requires chemical knowledge of 'aldehyde' and '-ose'.
Etymology
The word aldose comes from the part aldo-, from aldehyde, a word for a chemical group that sits at the 'end' of a carbon chain, and the common sugar ending -ose as in glucose and fructose. So an aldose is a 'sugar' that has an aldehyde group at the 'end' of its chain.