ketose

American

[kee-tohs] / ˈki toʊs /

noun

Biochemistry.

a monosaccharide that contains a ketone group.

ketose British

/ ˈkiːtəʊz /

noun

any monosaccharide that contains a ketone group

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ketose Scientific

/ kē′tōs′ /

Any of a class of simple sugars (monosaccharides) containing a ketone group. Fructose is a ketose.
Compare aldose

Etymology

Origin of ketose

First recorded in 1900–05; ket- + -ose ²

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aldose vs. ketose

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Glucose and galactose are aldoses, and fructose is a ketose.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

When ketose monosaccharides are submitted to similar oxidation processes, they are broken down into shorter chain compounds.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

It is a ketose sugar, reduces Fehling's solution, forms the same osazone as glucose, and is easily fermentable by yeast.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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