Aldose
An aldose is a sugar containing one aldehyde group per molecule and has the chemical formula C3nH6nO3n.
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