tetrose

• Monosacárido cuya molécula contiene cuatro átomos de carbono.

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.

   tetrosa

   • 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.