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)

1. (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)

1. (biochemistry) altrose (aldohexose epimeric with mannose)