Fuculose
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Fuculose or 6-deoxy-tagatose
is a ketohexose
deoxy sugar
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Tagatose
Tagatose is a functional sweetener. It is a naturally occurring monosaccharide, specifically a hexose. It is often found in dairy products, and is very similar in texture to sucrose and is 92% as sweet, but with only 38% of the calories....
is a ketohexose
Ketohexose
A ketohexose is a ketone-containing hexose . The most common ketohexoses, each of which represents a pair of enantiomers , include fructose, psicose, sorbose, and tagatose...
deoxy sugar
Deoxy sugar
Deoxy sugars are sugars that have had a hydroxyl group replaced with a hydrogen atom.Examples include:* Deoxyribose * Fucose* Rhamnose-External links:*...
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See also
- L-Fuculose-phosphate
- L-Fuculose kinase
- FucoseFucoseFucose is a hexose deoxy sugar with the chemical formula C6H12O5. It is found on N-linked glycans on the mammalian, insect and plant cell surface, and is the fundamental sub-unit of the fucoidan polysaccharide...