Definition of simple sugar Simple sugar
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| simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | ||
| monosaccharide, monosaccharose | ||
| carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | ||
| triose any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule | ||
| tetrose any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule | ||
| pentose any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule | ||
| hexose a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule | ||
| aldose a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal | ||
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simple sugar
A saccharide polymer containing a small number (typically three to ten) of component sugars.
