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Diose vs Triose - What's the difference?

diose | triose |

As nouns the difference between diose and triose

is that diose is a monosaccharide containing two carbon atoms while triose is a sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L- / D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.

diose

English

(wikipedia diose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A monosaccharide containing two carbon atoms.

    • triose

    English

    (wikipedia triose)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L- / D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.

    • Hypernyms

    * monosaccharide

    Hyponyms

    * ketotriose :* dihydroxyacetone * aldotriose :* glyceraldehyde

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