hexose

[ hek-sohs ]

noun

1. any of a class of sugars containing six atoms of carbon, including glucose and fructose.

hexose

/ -əʊz; ˈhɛksəʊs /

noun

1. a monosaccharide, such as glucose, that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

hexose

/ hĕk′sōs′ /

1. Any of various simple sugars (monosaccharides), such as glucose and fructose, that have six carbon atoms per molecule.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hexose¹

First recorded in 1890–95; hex- ( def ) + -ose ²

Example Sentences

Many of the common heavy metals, when in alkaline solutions, are strongly reduced when boiled with solutions of the hexose sugars.

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When hydrolyzed, they yield arabinose and a hexose; the latter is sometimes galactose and sometimes mannose.

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These observations confirm the view that the furfuroids take origin in a hexose-pentose series of transformations.

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These were the hexose constituents of the hydrolysed complex, the pentoses (or 'furfuroids') surviving intact.

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Euler and Fodor however did not obtain a hexose in this way .

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