keto-D-fructose
Also known as fruit sugar, D-(-)-Fructose, D-fructofuranose, D-arabino-hexulose, levulose, fructose, D-fructose (open structure), C6H12O6
Fructose (), or fruit sugar, is a common monosaccharide, i.e. a simple sugar. It is classified as a reducing hexose, more specifically a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. A white, water-soluble solid, it is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose. Fructose is found in honey, tree and vine fruits, flowers, berries, and most root vegetables.
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Keto-D-fructose is the chemical name for fructose, a simple sugar found naturally in fruits, honey, and vegetables that your body uses for energy. It's one of the three main types of simple sugars in the human diet, alongside glucose and galactose.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H12O6
- Molecular weight
- 180.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (3S,4R,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one
- SMILES
- C([C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](C(=O)CO)O)O)O)O
- InChIKey
- BJHIKXHVCXFQLS-UYFOZJQFSA-N
- XLogP
- -3.2
- Polar surface area
- 118 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 5
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Article
33 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Chemical structure
- Chemical reactions
- Fructose and fermentation
- Fructose and Maillard reaction
- Dehydration
- Physical and functional properties
- Sweetness of fructose
- Fructose solubility and crystallization
- Fructose hygroscopicity and humectancy
- Freezing point
- Fructose and starch functionality in food systems
- Sources
- Commercial production
- Natural sources
- Carbohydrate content of commercial sweeteners (percent on dry basis)
- Nutritional information
- Fructose digestion and absorption in humans
- Capacity and rate of absorption
- Malabsorption
- Fructose metabolism
- Fructolysis
- Metabolism of fructose to DHAP and glyceraldehyde
- Synthesis of glycogen from DHAP and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
- Synthesis of triglyceride from DHAP and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
- Potential health effects
- Obesity
- Cardiometabolic diseases
- Compared with sucrose
- See also
- References
- External links
Fructose (), or fruit sugar, is a common monosaccharide, i.e. a simple sugar. It is classified as a reducing hexose, more specifically a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. A white, water-soluble solid, it is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose. Fructose is found in honey, tree and vine fruits, flowers, berries, and most root vegetables.
==History== Fructose was discovered by French chemist Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut in 1847. The name "fructose" was coined in 1857 by the English chemist William Allen Miller. Pure, dry fructose is a sweet, white, odorless, crystalline solid, and is the most water-soluble of all the sugars.