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Ribose vs Fructose - What's the difference?

ribose | fructose |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between ribose and fructose

is that ribose is a naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin while fructose is a monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

ribose

English

(wikipedia ribose)

Noun

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  • (carbohydrate) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

    • See also

    * RNA * ribonucleic acid * nucleoside * nucleotide

    fructose

    English

    (wikipedia fructose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

    • Synonyms

    * fruit sugar

    Hyponyms

    * , laevulose, levulose * D-fructose * L-fructose * levoglucose

    Hypernyms

    * ketohexose * hexose * monosaccharide

    Derived terms

    * fructose syrup