monosaccharide Chem.
(mɒnəʊˈsækəraɪd)
Also † -saccharid.
[f. mono- + saccharide.]
Any sugar which cannot be hydrolysed to give simpler sugars.
| 1896 W. D. Halliburton Essent. Chem. Physiol. (ed. 2) i. 10 (table) Monosaccharides or glucoses. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 723/2 The simplest carbohydrates constitute the group of monosaccharids, of which dextrose..is the most important. 1936 C. S. Gibson Essent. Princ. Org. Chem. xv. 445 The production of a ketohexose from the preliminary aldohexose may be due to the usual interconversion of monosaccharides in the presence of alkalis in aqueous solution. 1968 Punch 11 Sept. 356/3 ‘Oh, ah,’ said Walter Gabriel, ‘especially considering that, at the same time, she'm also producing monosaccharides, trisaccharides, and a whole perishing range of they oligosaccharides.’ 1972 Sci. Amer. Oct. 71/1 Lactose is a disaccharide composed of the monosaccharides glucose and galactose. |