glyceraldehyde

glyceraldehyde
A triose and the simplest optically active aldose; the dextrorotatory isomer is taken as the structural reference point for all d compounds, the levorotatory isomer for all l compounds. SYN: glyceric aldehyde.

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glyc·er·al·de·hyde .glis-ə-'ral-də-.hīd n a sweet crystalline compound C3H6O3 that is formed as an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism by the breakdown of sugars and that yields glycerol on reduction

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glyc·er·al·de·hyde (glis″ər-alґdə-hīd) an aldose, the aldehyde form of the triose derived by oxidation of glycerol; it is isomeric with dihydroxyacetone.

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