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Fructose vs Fucose - What's the difference?

fructose | fucose |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between fructose and fucose

is that fructose is a monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6 while fucose is the aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides.

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

    fucose

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fucose) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) The aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides