- ketohexoses
- n. group of sugars which contain six carbon atoms and a ketone (Chemistry)
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fructose — The d isomer (also referred to as fruit sugar, levoglucose, levulose, and d arabino 2 hexulose) is a 2 ketohexose that is physiologically the most important of the ketohexoses and one of the two products of sucrose hydrolysis; it is metabolized… … Medical dictionary
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