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Fructose vs Fructan - What's the difference?

fructose | fructan |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between fructose and fructan

is that fructose is a monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6 while fructan is any polysaccharide composed of fructose residues.

fructose

English

(wikipedia fructose)

Noun

(-)
  • (carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

    • Synonyms

    * fruit sugar

    Hyponyms

    * , laevulose, levulose * D-fructose * L-fructose * levoglucose

    Hypernyms

    * ketohexose * hexose * monosaccharide

    Derived terms

    * fructose syrup

    fructan

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fructan) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) Any polysaccharide composed of fructose residues