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Furanose vs Galactofuranose - What's the difference?

furanose | galactofuranose |

As nouns the difference between furanose and galactofuranose

is that furanose is (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton) while galactofuranose is (carbohydrate) the furanose form of galactose.

furanose

English

Noun

(wikipedia furanose) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton)

    • Related terms

    *furan

    See also

    *pyranose

    galactofuranose

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) The furanose form of galactose