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Furanose vs Turanose - What's the difference?

furanose | turanose |

As nouns the difference between furanose and turanose

is that furanose is (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton) while turanose is (organic chemistry) a reducing disaccharide organic compound that can be used as a carbon source by bacteria and fungi.

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

    turanose

    English

    (wikipedia turanose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic chemistry) A reducing disaccharide organic compound that can be used as a carbon source by bacteria and fungi.

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