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Definition of Tetrose
1. Noun. Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule.
Definition of Tetrose
1. n. A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol.
Definition of Tetrose
1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A sugar or saccharide containing four carbon atoms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Tetrose
1. General term for a monosaccharide with 4 carbon atoms. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrose
Literary usage of Tetrose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Organic Chemistry by William Albert Noyes (1903)
"Ges. 3, 63) has, however, much in its favor. tetrose, CH2OH I CHOH I CHOH may,
perhaps, be considered as the simplest sugar, ..."
2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"Reactions for tetrose and Triose Groups. ... + CH20 tetrose Lactic acid Formaldehyde
Tollens and Ellett suggest that the above may be a general reaction for ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"This was first effected in case of tartaric acid, a normal oxidation-product of
tetrose, in the manner described above; the degradation here extends over ..."
4. Studies in Plant and Organic Chemistry: And Literary Papers by Helen Cecilia De Silver Abbott Michael (1907)
"The chemical sugar next higher in the scale is the tetrose sugar, ... The synthetical
tetrose probably arises by a kind of aldol condensation. ..."
5. Studies in Plant and Organic Chemistry: And Literary Papers by Helen Cecilia De Silver Abbott Michael (1907)
"This compound is a syrup, and reduces Fehling's solution, and actively ferments
with yeast. The chemical sugar next higher in the scale is the tetrose sugar ..."
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