hexose

American  

[hek-sohs] / ˈhɛk soʊs /

noun

1. any of a class of sugars containing six atoms of carbon, including glucose and fructose.

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hexose British  

/ -əʊz, ˈhɛksəʊs /

noun

1. a monosaccharide, such as glucose, that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

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hexose Scientific  

/ hĕk′sōs′ /

1. Any of various simple sugars (monosaccharides), such as glucose and fructose, that have six carbon atoms per molecule.

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Etymology

Origin of hexose

First recorded in 1890–95; hex- ( def. ) + -ose ²

Example Sentences

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hexose

Ribose, C5H10O5, and hexose, C6H12O6, form stable five- and six-carbon rings.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

A different group of carrier proteins called glucose transport proteins, or GLUTs, are involved in transporting glucose and other hexose sugars through plasma membranes within the body.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Pen, pentose; Hex, hexose; HexA, corresponding sugar acid. bPairs of saponins with the same chemical formula but different retention times.

From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017

Three of these are the hexose sugars, so called because they each contain six atoms of carbon.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Many of the common heavy metals, when in alkaline solutions, are strongly reduced when boiled with solutions of the hexose sugars.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred