ketohexose

[kee-toh-hek-sohs]

noun Chemistry.

any of a class of sugars composed of six carbon atoms and a ketone group, as fructose.

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Origin of ketohexose

First recorded in 1895–1900; keto- + hexose

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Sorbose is the only other ketohexose which has any importance in plant chemistry.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Similarly, for a ketohexose, which contains three asymmetric carbon atoms, there are eight possible arrangements.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

ketohexose in Medicine

ketohexose

(kē′tō-hĕk′sōs′)

n.

A six-carbon sugar containing a ketone group, such as fructose.hexulose

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