aldose

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a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal

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The resulting molecule has an hemiacetal or hemiketal group, depending on whether the linear form was an aldose or a ketose. Source: Internet

The number of open chain stereoisomers for an aldose monosaccharide is larger by one than that of a ketose monosaccharide of the same length. Source: Internet

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