hexose

[ hek-sohs ]

/ ˈhɛk soʊs /

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noun

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

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Origin of hexose

First recorded in 1890–95; hex- + -ose²

Words nearby hexose

hexavalent, hexokinase, hexone, hexosamine, hexosan, hexose, hex sign, hexyl, hexyl group, hexylresorcinol, hey

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How to use hexose in a sentence

Many of the common heavy metals, when in alkaline solutions, are strongly reduced when boiled with solutions of the hexose sugars.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
When hydrolyzed, they yield arabinose and a hexose; the latter is sometimes galactose and sometimes mannose.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
These observations confirm the view that the furfuroids take origin in a hexose-pentose series of transformations.
Researches on Cellulose|C. F. Cross
These were the hexose constituents of the hydrolysed complex, the pentoses (or 'furfuroids') surviving intact.
Researches on Cellulose|C. F. Cross

Euler and Fodor however did not obtain a hexose in this way .
Alcoholic Fermentation|Arthur Harden

British Dictionary definitions for hexose

hexose

/ (ˈhɛksəʊs, -əʊz) /

noun

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

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Scientific definitions for hexose

hexose

[ hĕk′sōs′ ]

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