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Definition of Aldohexose
1. Noun. A monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group.
Definition of Aldohexose
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any hexose containing an aldehyde group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Aldohexose
1. A 6-carbon sugar characterised by the (potential) presence of an aldehyde group in the molecule; e.g., glucose, galactose. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aldohexose
Literary usage of Aldohexose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"When oxidized the /3-acid is converted into 1 talo mucic acid (p. 571). B.
aldohexose CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, ..."
2. Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Medical Students by Gustave von Bunge, Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1907)
"The Greek numeral placed before the termination -ose shows the number of carbon
atoms in the sugar, and hence the names aldohexose and ..."
3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"These facts indicate the existence in an aldohexose of a normal carbon ...
linked to each other: the formula of an aldohexose will then be TT IIIII X0' OH ..."
4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Biology by Elmer Verner McCollum (1916)
"Dilute alkalies cause two molecules of glyceraldehyde to condense, forming an
aldohexose. It is called acrose. Like synthetic compounds in general the ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... number of which have also been synthesized, and a very large majority of the
sugars of the aldohexose type have been built up from simpler compounds. ..."
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