Biochemistry

A disaccharide or biose is the carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction which involves the eliminati...

A heptose is a monosaccharide with seven carbon iotas. They have either an aldehyde useful gathering in position 1 (aldoheptoses) or a ke...

In natural science, a hexose is a monosaccharide with six carbon iotas, having the compound recipe C 6 H 12 O 6 . Hexoses are arranged by u...

A pentose is a monosaccharide with five carbon molecules. Pentoses are sorted out into two gatherings. Aldopentoses have an aldehyde useful...

The aldotetroses have two chiral centers ("asymmetric carbon atoms") and so 4 different stereoisomers are possible. There are two...

A triose is a monosaccharide, or simple sugar, containing three carbon atoms. There are only three possible trioses: L-Glyceraldehyde an...

Formation of glycolaldehyde in star dust A diose is a monosaccharide containing two carbon atoms. Because the general chemical formula...