ketopentose


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Related to ketopentose: ketohexose, fructose, aldohexose, aldotetrose

ke·to·pen·tose

(kē'tō-pen'tōs),
A five-carbon sugar in which carbons 2, 3, or 4 make up part of a carbonyl group, for example, ribulose.
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