glyceraldehyde

glyceraldehyde Definition

glyc·er·al·de·hyde (glis′ər al′də hīd′)

noun

the simplest aldehyde sugar, CHO, used as the standard reference for carbohydrate structure and produced in the body by the oxidation of sugars

glyceraldehyde Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

dehydrogenase: I had been working on an enzyme which was called glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase.

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