simple sugar
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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 containsubtypes:- 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: monosaccharide, monosaccharose
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