hexose in English
noun
1
any of the class of simple sugars whose molecules contain six carbon atoms, such as glucose and fructose. They generally have the chemical formula C 6 H 12 O 6.
For example, fruit pulp of many species contains the disaccharide sucrose and the hexoses , glucose and fructose.
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1. These compounds add to a growing list of hexose derivatives which can be used in the field of photoaffinity-labeling of the sugar binding sites of certain lectins and of hexose transport systems, or to prepare modified proteins or ligands for affinity chromatography.
2. In our studies of the effects of the trivalent Arsenical phenylarsine oxide on insulin-dependent hexose uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, we needed direct methods to study Arsenical-protein interactions