tetrosen.
/ˈtɛtrəʊs/ Chemistry.
The name of sugars containing four carbon atoms in the molecule.
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1904 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 8 509 Dioses, trioses, tetroses.
1916 A. P. Mathews Physiol. Chem. 18 The monosaccharides are in their turn classified by the number of carbon atoms, or more properly by the aldehyde, ketone and alcohol groups they contain into bioses, trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, heptoses, octoses, nonoses, etc.
1963 E. Percival in Florkin & Stotz Comprehensive Biochem. V. i. 11 The simplest sugars are the tetroses d- and l-erythrose..and d- and l-threose.
1970 A. L. Lehninger Biochemistry xi. 218 If the carbon chains of the trioses are extended by the addition of carbon atoms, we have, successively, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, heptoses, and octoses.
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