Sugars Aldoses, Ketoses, Saccharides

The compositions of reducing sugars (aldoses, ketoses, mono- and di-saccharides) in solution (76 lefs.) and the hydrophobic behaviour of sugar molecules in aqueous media (33 refs.) have been reviewed. 

Depending on the number of carbon atoms in the molecule, saccharides are divided to trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses and higher sugars. Compounds with aldehyde functional group are called aldoses (e.g. aldopentoses and aldohexoses) and compounds with a ketone function are called ketoses (such as ketohexoses). 

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