Monosaccharide
Of sugar. May also be referred to as monosaccharose and simple sugar.
A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates.
This concept's ID is @1~75709
Contains
- hexose
A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule.
- aldose
A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
- ketose
Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal.
- tetrose
Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule.
- triose
Any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule.
- pentose
Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule.