Ketose
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A ketose is a sugar containing one ketone group per molecule.
With 3 carbon atoms, dihydroxyacetone is the simplest of all ketoses and is the only one having no optical activity.
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A ketose is a sugar containing one ketone group per molecule.
With 3 carbon atoms, dihydroxyacetone is the simplest of all ketoses and is the only one having no optical activity.