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Definition of Ketohexose
1. Noun. A monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group.
Definition of Ketohexose
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any hexose containing an ketone group ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ketohexose
1. A six-carbon sugar possessing a ketone group; e.g., fructose. Synonym: hexulose. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ketohexose
Literary usage of Ketohexose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"... of keto- hexoses or those containing a ketohexose nucleus. ... in the manner
described is a specific test for the presence of a ketohexose nucleus. ..."
2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"This ketohexose is formed by secondary rearrangement through the action of dilute
... This ketohexose has also been detected among the products obtained by ..."
3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"This ketohexose is formed by secondary rearrangement through the action of dilute
... This ketohexose has also been detected among the products obtained by ..."
4. Text-book of Chemistry: Inorganic and Organic, with Toxicology; for Students by Rudolph August Witthaus (1919)
"... ketohexose, exists in the three modifications. d-Fructose—Fruit sugar—forms the
... also a ketohexose, occurs in the berries of the mountain ash. ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... of HCN (indicated by a strong odor) which after several hf is followed by a
distinct NHj odor. The ketohexose differs in this respect from the ..."
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