monosaccharide

Noun
  1. A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars;
    The simplest group of carbohydrates (synset 114978423)
    is a type of: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
    subtypes:
    • triose - any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule
    • tetrose - any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule
    • pentose - any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule
    • hexose - a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule
    • aldose - a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal
    • ketose - any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal
    same as: monosaccharose, simple sugar

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