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pyranose

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pyranose (plural pyranoses)

(chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a six-membered ring (based on tetrahydropyran)

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Conversion between the furanose, acyclic, and pyranose forms of D-glucose. Source: Internet

Four isomers are cyclic, two of them with a pyranose (six-membered) ring, two with a furanose (five-membered) ring. Source: Internet

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