Aldonic acid Uncommon

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

Any of a class of polyhydroxy carboxylic acids derived from an aldose by oxidation of the aldehyde functional group.

See Also

pentonic acid carboxylic acid aldotetronic acid aldonate aldohexonic acid oxidation aldose aldopentonic acid

Related Terms

pentonic acid carboxylic acid aldotetronic acid aldonate aldohexonic acid oxidation aldose aldopentonic acid gluconic acid arabinoic acid functional group polyhydroxy aldotrionic acid aldoheptonic acid aldehyde aldonic

Rhyming Words

cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid

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