Aldose

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An aldose is a monosaccharide (a certain type of sugar) containing one aldehyde group per molecule and having a chemical formula of the form C_nH_2nO_{n (n>=3)}.

With only 3 carbon atoms, glyceraldehyde is the simplest of all aldoses.

List of aldoses

• Triose: glyceraldehyde
• Tetroses: erythrose, threose
• Pentoses: ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose
• Hexoses: allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose

See also

• Carbohydrate
• Ketose
• Monosaccharide

 

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