different between fructose vs aldolase

English

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??k.t??z/, /?f??k.t??z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??k.to?s/, /?f??k.to?s/, /?f?uk.to?s/

Noun

fructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)

1. (biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.

Synonyms

• acrose
• fruit sugar

Hypernyms

• ketohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• lævulose, laevulose, levulose
• D-fructose
• L-fructose
• levoglucose

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Corfutes, forecuts

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin fructus +? -ose.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fruc?to?se

Noun

fructose f or m (uncountable)

1. fructose

Synonyms

• vruchtensuiker

French

Noun

fructose m (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) fructose

Further reading

• “fructose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

aldol +? -ase

Noun

aldolase (plural aldolases)

1. (biochemistry) An enzyme, present in some tissue, that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose to those of glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone

Translations

See also

• phenylserine

Portuguese

Etymology

From aldol +? -ase.

Noun

aldolase f (plural aldolases)

1. (biochemistry) aldolase (enzyme that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose)