Aldose

An aldose is a sugar containing one aldehyde group per molecule and having a chemical formula of the form .

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With only 3 carbon atoms, glyceraldehyde is the simplest of all aldoses.

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• triose: glyceraldehyde
• tetroses: erythrose, threose
• pentoses: ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose
• hexoses: allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose

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