Any of a class of monosaccharide sugars containing an aldehyde group.
[ALD(EHYDE) + -OSE1.]
aldose
Dictionary:
al·dose (ăl'dōs', -dōz')  |
| 5min Related Video: aldose |
| Medical Dictionary: al·dose |
| Veterinary Dictionary: aldose |
A sugar containing an aldehyde group (–CHO).
| WordNet: aldose |
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal
| Wikipedia: Aldose |
An aldose is a monosaccharide (a simple sugar) containing one aldehyde group per molecule and having a chemical formula of the form Cn(H2O)n.
With only two carbon atoms, glycolaldehyde is the simplest of all aldoses.
Aldoses isomerize to ketoses in the Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation. Aldose differs from ketose in that it has a carbonyl group at the end of the carbon chain whereas the carbonyl group of a ketose is in the middle; this fact allows them to be chemically differentiated through Seliwanoff's test.
List of aldoses
- Diose: glycolaldehyde
- Triose: glyceraldehyde
- Tetroses: erythrose, threose
- Pentoses: ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose
- Hexoses: allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose
See also
 |
This biochemistry article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Learn More
 | Kiliani reaction (organic chemistry) |
| de Brun-van Eckstein rearrangement (organic chemistry) |
| gluconic acid |
 | Is there help for parent who have kids or aldosent disabilities? Read answer... |
| What is an aldose sugar? Read answer... |
| What is the difference between ketose and aldose? Read answer... |
Help us answer these
 | How can fructose isomerise into an aldose? |
| Is mannose aldose or ketose? |
| Examples of Aldose suger? |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read more |
 |
| Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Aldose". Read more |
Related answers
- What is an aldose sugar?
- What is the difference between ketose and aldose?
- Is sucrose a ketose or aldose?
ADVERTISEMENT
Answer these
- What is an example of a aldose?
- What is aldose sugar?
- Is lactose an aldose?
- Is glycogen a aldose?
- What is mean by aldoses?
Mentioned in
- Kiliani reaction (organic chemistry)
- de Brun-van Eckstein rearrangement (organic chemistry)
- gluconic acid
- fucose
