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Definition of Ketose
1. Noun. Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal.
Definition of Ketose
1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A saccharide containing a ketone functional group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ketose
1. a simple sugar [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ketose
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ketose
Literary usage of Ketose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"... for the former, the name aldose, and for the latter, the name ketose ...
also with the exception of the bi-oses is known both as an aldose and a ketose. ..."
2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"... (typical ketose reaction) forms yellow needles melting at 173° C. Its ...
the action of Bacterium xylinum upon l-arabit« obtained a ketose sugar which ..."
3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"... (typical ketose reaction) forms yellow needles melting ... 1-ketose must
proceed as follows: CH.OH CH2OH CH,OH 2 HCOH + O, = HCOH + HCOH + 2 HS0 HCOH ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon; Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1910)
"Whether the original sugar was an aldose or a ketose, the final product of the
above series of reactions is a ketose. The aldoses cannot, therefore, ..."
5. The Manufacture of Sugar from the Cane and Beet by Thomas Hawkins Percy Heriot (1920)
"The time required for the colour to develop, and the number of absorption bands,
are characteristic of aldose and ketose sugars. ..."
6. Experimental Organic Chemistry by Augustus Price West (1920)
"CH2OH ketose As shown by the reactions above, an aldose may be converted into a
ketose. An aldose, however, cannot be obtained from a ketose by this method. ..."
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