altrose
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English
Etymology
Chemist Emil Fischer is credited with the following mnemonic for the order of the configurations of the 8 aldohexoses (See Coordinate terms below.) about the chiral centers when ordered as 3-bit binary strings: All altruists gladly make gum in gallon tanks.
Noun
altrose (plural altroses)
- (biochemistry) An aldohexose epimeric with mannose
Coordinate terms
- (aldohexose with aldehyde group): allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose
Translations
aldohexose epimeric with mannose
Anagrams
Portuguese
Noun
altrose f (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) altrose (aldohexose epimeric with mannose)