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Definition of Hexose

1. Noun. A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule.

Definition of Hexose

1. n. Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms in the molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripe fruits.

Definition of Hexose

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms. ¹

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Definition of Hexose

1. a simple sugar [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hexose

1. Monosaccharide containing six carbon atoms, for example glucose, galactose, mannose. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexose

Literary usage of Hexose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"M. Tomita, Biochem. Ztschr., Berlin, 131: 170, July 29, 1922. hexose- ... By partial hydrolysis Neuberg catabolized the hexose diphosphate to a ..."

2. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"THE BACTERIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL EVIDENCE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF A hexose SUGAR IN NORMAL MILK* HARRY M. JONES (From the Department of Bacteriology, ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in Vermont (1899)
"The variation existing between the several yearly seasonal divisions is less marked than in the wood, the base bark hexose content being 2.20% in winter and ..."

4. Practical Physiological Chemistry by Sydney William Cole (1920)
"An unknown hexose sugar. Yeast nucleic acid differs only in yielding uracil instead of thymine and a pentose sugar (rf-ribose) instead of the hexose. ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"the hexose group, and in fact all the hexoses do not ferment, and they do not all ferment with the same readiness. d-Glucose and d-mannose ferment readily, ..."

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