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tetrose

/ˈtɛt.rəʊs/

Übersetzung: Monosaccharid, dessen Molekül vier Kohlenstoffatome enthält.

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noun

/ˈtɛt.rəʊs/C2formalscientific
  • deMonosaccharid, dessen Molekül vier Kohlenstoffatome enthält.

A monosaccharide sugar whose molecule contains four carbon atoms.

  1. Monosaccharide with four carbon atomsC2formalscientific

    A simple sugar molecule that contains exactly four carbon atoms in its backbone, classified as a monosaccharide.

    deTetrose

    • Erythrose and threose are common examples of a tetrose.
    • Tetroses are less common in nature than pentoses or hexoses.
    • The structure of a tetrose can be either an aldose or a ketose.