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Glucose vs Pyranose - What's the difference?

glucose | pyranose |

As nouns the difference between glucose and pyranose

is that glucose is while pyranose is (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a six-membered ring (based on tetrahydropyran).

glucose

English

(Glucose) (wikipedia glucose)

Noun

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  • (carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

    • Synonyms

    * grape sugar * blood sugar * corn sugar

    Hyponyms

    * dextrose * D-glucose * L-glucose * dextroglucose

    Hypernyms

    * aldohexose * hexose * monosaccharide

    Derived terms

    * glucose syrup * glucoside * glucosiduronate * isoglucose

    See also

    * levoglucose

    pyranose

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a six-membered ring (based on tetrahydropyran)

    • Related terms

    *pyran

    See also

    *furanose