Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Ket
ose
:
A
carbohydrate
containing one
ketone
per
monosaccharide
when in its
acyclic
form.
Molecular structure
of
D
-
fructose
, a
ket
ose
with six carbons (a
ketohexose
).
Related terms:
Aldose
,
Fischer projection
,
L
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