different between ribose vs fructose

English

Etymology

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.

Noun

ribose (plural riboses)

1. (biochemistry) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

Translations

See also

• RNA
• ribonucleic acid
• nucleoside
• nucleotide

Anagrams

• Robies, oribés

Portuguese

Noun

ribose f (usually uncountable, plural riboses)

1. (biochemistry) ribose (a naturally occurring pentose sugar)

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).