Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several carbohydrates, such as tetroses, pentoses, and hexoses, that cannot be broken down to simpler sugars by hydrolysis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A carbohydrate the molecule of which is not divisible into simpler groups without loss of its essential characteristics. According to the number of carbon atoms, monosaccharides are divided into trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc. One of the best-known examples is the hexose dextrose (glucose).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some, a hexose. The monosaccharides are all open-chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
simple sugar such asglucose ,fructose ordeoxyribose that has asingle ring .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
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Simple CHOs consist of 1 sugar unit (monosaccharide) or 2 sugar units (disaccharides).
VeloNews Training Center: Cycling nutrition for everyday and before an event 2010
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According to Wikipedia, it is a monosaccharide, or simple sugar, also known as grape sugar or corn sugar.
Pamela Newton: French Women Don't Get Fat? It's the Sugar! 2008
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of the glycoside with b-D-glucosidase, gave 2,5 - dihydroxybenzyl alcohol from the ethyl acetate extract, identified as its triacetate, whereas acid hydrolysis with 5% ethanolic sulphuric acid gave 3 - hydroxy-2, 6-dimethoxyethyl benzoate and glucose, as the sole monosaccharide in the aqueous solution (TLC).
Chapter 7 1991
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Recently, monosaccharide-induced hepatic lipogenesis, but not insulin, was shown to suppress hepatic production of sex hormone-binding globulin in animals. 2 Because this pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of fatty liver, a major risk factor in type 2 diabetes,
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Recently, monosaccharide-induced hepatic lipogenesis, but not insulin, was shown to suppress hepatic production of sex hormone-binding globulin in animals. 2 Because this pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of fatty liver, a major risk factor in type 2 diabetes,
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"Traditionally, glucose and fructose have been considered as interchangeable monosaccharide substrates that are similarly metabolized, and little attention has been given to sugars other than glucose," the study states.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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IE Polysaccharide split into monosaccharide, creating a foundation of sucrose that would essentially be dug into the later stages of the roast.
jimseven 2010
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I am not impressed with this 'new' raw type of monosaccharide (a single sugar molecule) derived from a genus of several combined shrubs and bushes native to subtropical and southern Tropical areas of South America and Central America.
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Your body breaks down almost all of these into glucose, the major monosaccharide, to use for basically all your energy needs.
Diabetes Daily Dominic Zabell 2010
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Replacement of the 3-hydroxyl group with a monosaccharide or of the
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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