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ketohexose

ketohexose

9.9
A sugar with six carbon atoms and a ketone group like fructose
  • noun
  • /ˈkiːtoʊˌhɛksoʊs/
  • Specialized
: cetohexosa
  • Fructose is a well-known example of a ketohexose found in many fruits.

Examples

  • The chemical structure of a ketohexose differs from that of an aldohexose due to the presence of a ketone group.

  • A ketohexose is a type of sugar.

  • Scientists studied the metabolic pathway of the ketohexose to understand how it is processed in the body.

  • Glucose is a common example of a ketohexose.

  • Fructose is a well-known example of a ketohexose found in many fruits.

  • The chemical structure of a ketohexose differs from that of an aldohexose due to the presence of a ketone group.

  • Glucose is a common example of a ketohexose.

Surface Forms

ketohexose singular
ketohexoses plural

Morphology

ketohexose = hexose (transparent) = keto + hexose + keto

The meaning is a straightforward scientific combination: a 'hexose' (six-carbon sugar) with a 'keto' (ketone) functional group.

Etymology

Ketohexose breaks into three parts: keto- meaning 'ketone', which is a kind of chemical group, hex- meaning 'six' as in hexagon, and -ose meaning 'sugar' as in glucose. So a ketohexose is a 'sugar' with six carbon atoms that has a 'ketone' group, which explains the modern chemical meaning.