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Tagatose vs Fuculose - What's the difference?

tagatose | fuculose |

In carbohydrate|lang=en terms the difference between tagatose and fuculose

is that tagatose is (carbohydrate) the ketohexose (3s,4s,5r)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-hexan-2-one ; it is very sweet while fuculose is (carbohydrate) a deoxysugar related to tagatose.

As nouns the difference between tagatose and fuculose

is that tagatose is (carbohydrate) the ketohexose (3s,4s,5r)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-hexan-2-one ; it is very sweet while fuculose is (carbohydrate) a deoxysugar related to tagatose.

tagatose

English

Noun

(wikipedia tagatose)
  • (carbohydrate) The ketohexose (3S,4S,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-hexan-2-one ; it is very sweet

    • fuculose

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fuculose) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose