allose

From all +‎ -ose.

Chemist Emil Fischer is credited with the following mnemonic for the order of the configurations of the 8 aldohexoses (See Coordinate terms below.) about the chiral centers when ordered as 3-bit binary strings: All altruists gladly make gum in gallon tanks.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæləʊz/

allose (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An epimer of glucose found in some African shrubs

• (aldohexose with aldehyde group): allose, altrose, glucose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, talose

• LOAELs, soleal