Aldose

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Fischer projection of D-glyceraldehyde

An aldose is a sugar containing one aldehyde group per molecule and has the chemical formula C_3nH_6nO_3n.

With only 3 carbon atoms, glyceraldehyde is the simplest of all aldoses.

List of aldoses

triose: glyceraldehyde
tetroses: erythrose, threose
pentoses: ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose
hexoses: allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose

See also: Aldose, Aldehyde, Arabinose, Carbon, Erythrose, Fischer projection, Galactose, Glucose, Glyceraldehyde, Hexose