Simple carbohydrates - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Simple carbohydrates Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,018,380,509 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

monosaccharide
(redirected from Simple carbohydrates)

    Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.07 sec.

monosaccharide

Carbohydrate that cannot be hydrolysed (split) into smaller carbohydrate units. A monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose or fructose, both of which have the molecular formula C6H12O6, is also called a hexose. Those with five and seven carbons are pentoses and heptoses respectively.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

? Mentioned in
 
Hutchinson browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.. Terms of Use.