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Definition of Heptose
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heptose
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Heptose
1. A sugar with seven carbon atoms in its molecule; e.g., sedoheptulose. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heptose
Literary usage of Heptose
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)
"/3 Gluco-heptose (A. 270, 72, 87). a-Gala-heptose, ... /3-Gala-heptose melts with
decomposition about 190-194°, and is obtained from the lactone of ..."
2. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1899)
"542). d-Manno-heptose, C7H,,O7, is obtained from the lactone of ... /3-Gala-heptose
melts with decomposition about 190-194°, and is obtained from the ..."
3. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"In their properties they are very similar to the hexoses. They are not fermented
by yeast (Berichte, 23, 935). d Gluco-heptose, ..."
4. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"</-Manno-heptose,C ... 23, 2233). rf Gluco-heptose, ... are derived from the
heptose-carboxylic acids. ..."
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