threose

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See also: thréose

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Etymology

From thre- +‎ -ose, formed by changing the letters from the much earlier discovered isomer erythrose.

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threose (plural threoses)

  1. (biochemistry) The aldotetrose (2S,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal

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