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Dihydroxyacetone vs Aldolase - What's the difference?

dihydroxyacetone | aldolase |

As nouns the difference between dihydroxyacetone and aldolase

is that dihydroxyacetone is the compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses while aldolase is an enzyme, present in some tissue, that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose to those of glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone.

dihydroxyacetone

English

Noun

(wikipedia dihydroxyacetone)
  • (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses
  • (carbohydrate) The only ketotriose

    • Synonyms

    * DHA

    aldolase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) An enzyme, present in some tissue, that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose to those of glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone

    • See also

    * phenylserine