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Hexose vs Hexone - What's the difference?

hexose | hexone |

As nouns the difference between hexose and hexone

is that hexose is (carbohydrate) a sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms while hexone is (organic compound) a liquid hydrocarbon, c6h8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.

hexose

English

(wikipedia hexose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
  • :Glucose is a common hexose

    • Hypernyms

    * monosaccharide

    Hyponyms

    * ketohexose :* psicose :* fructose :* sorbose :* tagatose * aldohexose :* allose :* altrose :* glucose :* mannose :* gulose :* idose :* galactose :* talose * fucose * fuculose * rhamnose

    hexone

    English

    Noun

  • (organic compound) A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
    • (Webster 1913)