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PREMED - Set 21
Fructose is a _____________
aldose sugar
monosaccharide
ketose sugar
polymer
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Fructose is a ketose sugar because the carbonyl group (C==O) is located in an internal position to form a ketone group. If the carbonyl bond is located at one end of the sugar it is called aldose sugar.
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