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Hexose vs Hexosan - What's the difference?

hexose | hexosan |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between hexose and hexosan

is that hexose is a sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms while hexosan is any polysaccharide composed of hexoses.

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

    hexosan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses.