hexose

[prettygoodword]

hexose (HEK-sohs) - n., any monosaccharide (simple sugar) that contains six carbon atoms per molecule.


All of them have the chemical formula C₆H₁₂O₆, arranged in different configurations. Glucose and fructose are both hexoses. Coined in 1890 from Greek hex-, six + -ose, suffix for sugars, created by extraction from gluose, from Greek glukus, sweet.


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Comments

[flwyd]

Is "fluctose" supposed to be "fructose," or is there a sugar I don't know about?

[prettygoodword]

D’oh. Fructose typo it is.