ALDOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aldose mean? 

• ALDOSE (noun)
  The noun ALDOSE has 1 sense:

1. a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal

  Familiarity information: ALDOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALDOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aldose" is a kind of...):

monosaccharide; monosaccharose; simple sugar (a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aldose"):

aldohexose (a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group)

 Context examples 

Any substance that inhibits aldehyde reductase (aldose reductase), an enzyme that participates in glucose metabolism and osmoregulation.

(Aldose Reductase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Based on their mechanism of action, this class of agents can be classified to the following groups: directly acting insulomimetics, which activates insulin receptors; indirectly acting insulinomimetics, which increase insulin release such as sulfonylureas or which potentiate the effect of insulin such as metformin; those act directly on the metabolism of glucose such as inhibitors of glucosidases and inhibitors of aldose reductase.

(Anti-diabetic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)