monosaccharide
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Features such as molecular weight and monosaccharide composition may determine which bacteria can use the compounds as a substrate and which short-chain fatty acids are ultimately produced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Fructose, a monosaccharide known as "fruit sugar," is a common dietary sugar found naturally in fruit, honey, and processed foods.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
By convention, the carbon atoms in a monosaccharide are numbered from the terminal carbon closest to the carbonyl group.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There are also strictly monosaccharide sugars like fructose, so a sugar can be either a monosaccharide or a disaccharide.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2016
Fructose.—The second member of the monosaccharide group is more or less associated with glucose in plant and fruit juices, and is used like that substance for the production of glycogen in the body.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
Vocabulary lists containing monosaccharide
Biochemistry
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