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Aldose

An aldose is a sugar containing one aldehyde group per molecule and has the chemical formula C_3nH_6nO_3n.

Fischer projection of D-glyceraldehyde

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

Categories: Carbohydrates

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