NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
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-ose
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Detailed explanation-1: -The figure below shows the most common monosaccharides: glucose, fructose and galactose (six-carbon monosaccharides), and ribose and deoxyribose (five-carbon monosaccharides). Note that they are all named using the suffix –ose, which means sugar. Carbohydrates are often named “somethingose”.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. Suffix in chemistry meaning carbohydrate, such as glucose.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -1. a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of, ‘’ “abounding in, ‘’ “given to, ‘’ “like”: frondose; globose; jocose; otiose; verbose.