anomer

anomer
One of two sugar molecules that are epimeric at the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon atom (carbon-1 in aldoses, carbon-2 in most ketoses); e.g., α-d-glucose and β-d-glucose. SEE ALSO: sugars. Cf.:epimer.

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an·o·mer 'an-ə-mər n a cyclic stereoisomer of a carbohydrate with isomerism involving only the arrangement of atoms or groups at the aldehyde or ketone position
an·o·mer·ic .an-ə-'mer-ik adj

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an·o·mer (anґo-mər) [ana- + -mere] either of a pair of cyclic diastereoisomers of a sugar or glycoside, differing only in the configuration at the reducing carbon atom and resulting from the new point of symmetry created by ring formation; they are designated α- and β- to denote position of the hydroxyl group below and above the plane of the ring, respectively.

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