NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
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-ose
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-ase
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-ate
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-ite
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Detailed explanation-1: -The suffix-ose (/oʊz, oʊs/) is used in biochemistry to form the names of sugars. This Latin suffix means “full of", “abounding in", “given to", or “like". Numerous systems exist to name specific sugars more descriptively.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sugar molecules ending in “ose” (dextrose, fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose)
Detailed explanation-3: –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).
Detailed explanation-4: -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.