hexose
[hek-sohs]
- any of a class of sugars containing six atoms of carbon, including glucose and fructose.
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Euler and Fodor however did not obtain a hexose in this way .
Alcoholic FermentationArthur Harden
On the other hand, Harden and Young regard the acid as a diphosphoric ester of a hexose.
Alcoholic FermentationArthur Harden
These were the hexose constituents of the hydrolysed complex, the pentoses (or 'furfuroids') surviving intact.
Researches on CelluloseC. F. Cross
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 LifeRoscoe Wilfred Thatcher
When hydrolyzed, they yield arabinose and a hexose; the latter is sometimes galactose and sometimes mannose.
The Chemistry of Plant LifeRoscoe Wilfred Thatcher
hexose
- a monosaccharide, such as glucose, that contains six carbon atoms per molecule
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hexose
(hĕk′sōs′)- Any of various simple sugars, such as glucose and fructose, that have six carbon atoms per molecule.
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hexose
[hĕk′sōs′]
- Any of various simple sugars (monosaccharides), such as glucose and fructose, that have six carbon atoms per molecule.
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