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Triose vs Trisaccharide - What's the difference?

triose | trisaccharide |

As nouns the difference between triose and trisaccharide

is that triose is a sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L- / D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses while trisaccharide is an oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together.

triose

English

(wikipedia triose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L- / D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.

    • Hypernyms

    * monosaccharide

    Hyponyms

    * ketotriose :* dihydroxyacetone * aldotriose :* glyceraldehyde

    Anagrams

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    trisaccharide

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia trisaccharide) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together

    • Hyponyms

    * nigerotriose * maltotriose * melezitose * maltotriulose * raffinose * kestose

    Coordinate terms

    * monosaccharide * disaccharide * tetrasaccharide * oligosaccharide * polysaccharide