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 CnH2nOn (n>=3).
With only 3 carbon atoms, glyceraldehyde is the simplest of all aldoses.
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List of aldoses
- Triose: glyceraldehyde
- Tetroses: erythrose, threose
- Pentoses: ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose
- Hexoses: allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose
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See also
cs:Aldosy da:Aldose de:Aldose fr:Aldose it:Aldoso ja:アルドース fi:Aldoosi