HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -1. Glucose. Carbohydrates have been given non-systematic names, although the suffix ose is generally used. The most common carbohydrate is glucose (C6H12O6).

Detailed explanation-2: -Note that sugar names often end in “ose”: sucrose, dextrose, maltose, lactose, etc. Sucrose is the chemical name for sugar that comes from the cane and beet sugar plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chemists assign names ending in “-ose” to all carbohydrates, whether sugars or starches. Many of these sugar “-oses” are unique chemical compounds and are known by unique names, although they are all sweet to varying degrees.

Detailed explanation-4: –ose 2. a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates (amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose).