altrose

English

Etymology

altr, from altruists +‎ -ose

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

Esperanto: altrozo
Finnish: altroosi
Portuguese: altrose f
Spanish: altrosa f

Anagrams

oestral, olestra

Portuguese

Noun

altrose f (uncountable)

(biochemistry) altrose (aldohexose epimeric with mannose)

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