monosaccharide

monosaccharide
noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1896 a sugar that is not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis, is classed as either an aldose or ketose, and contains one or more hydroxyl groups per moleculecalled also simple sugar

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  • Monosaccharide — Monosaccharide,   Gruppe von einfach gebauten Zuckern mit der allgemeinen Formel CnH2nOn, die als die Grundbausteine der Kohlenhydrate anzusehen sind und sich im Gegensatz zu den Di , Oligo und Polysacchariden nicht weiter hydrolytisch spalten… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • monosaccharide — [ mɔnɔsakarid ] n. m. • mil. XXe; de mono et saccharide ♦ Biochim. Sucre de formule CnH2nOn, non hydrolysable (opposé à polysaccharide).⇒ ose. ● monosaccharide nom masculin Glucide simple constitué d une seule molécule …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Monosaccharide — Mon o*sac cha*ride, n. Also rid rid . [Mono + saccharide.] (Chem.) A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Monosaccharide — (Monosen), s. Kohlehydrate …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Monosaccharide — Monosaccharide, s. Kohlehydrate …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Monosaccharide — Monosaccharide, Einfachzucker, Formel CnH2nOn, nach der Anzahl ihrer C Atome (Triosen, Tetrosen, Pentosen, Hexosen ...) klassifizierte Monomeren der ⇒ Kohlenhydrate; haben in den Organismen wichtige Funktionen als Speicherstoff (z.B. Glucose,… …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • monosaccharide — ► NOUN ▪ a sugar (e.g. glucose) that cannot be broken down to give a simpler sugar …   English terms dictionary

  • monosaccharide — [män΄ō sak′ə rīd΄] n. [ MONO + SACCHARIDE] a carbohydrate, CxH2xOx, not decomposable by hydrolysis; esp., a hexose sugar, C6H12O6, as glucose, fructose, or galactose …   English World dictionary

  • Monosaccharide — Monosaccharides (from Greek monos: single, sacchar: sugar) are the most basic units of biologically important carbohydrates. They are the simplest form of sugar and are usually colorless, water soluble, crystalline solids. Some monosaccharides… …   Wikipedia

  • Monosaccharide — D und L Ribose in Fischer Projektion …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • monosaccharide — /mon euh sak euh ruyd , euhr id/, n. Chem. a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides. Also, monosaccharose /mon euh sak euh rohs /.… …   Universalium

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