Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Carbohydrate (saccharide): A
contraction of
carbon hydrate. A poly-hydroxylic
molecule with approximate formula Cn(H2O)n.
- Related terms: Oligosaccharide,
triose,
tetrose,
pentose,
hexose,
aldose,
ketose,
glyceraldehyde,
erythrose,
threose,
ribose,
xylose,
arabinose,
lyxose,
allose,
altrose,
mannose,
gulose,
idose,
galactose,
talose,
glucopyranose,
ribofuranose,
maltose,
sucrose,
cellulose,
starch,
amylopectin,
Fischer
projection, Haworth
projection, wavy
line
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