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Noun Concept
Categories: Pyranoses, Articles with short description, Furanoses, Nutrition, Galactose
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galactose  brain sugar  D-galactose  α-D-galactose  L-Galactose
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A simple sugar found in lactose WordNet 3.0
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A simple sugar found in lactose WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Galactose, sometimes abbreviated Gal, is a monosaccharide sugar that is about as sweet as glucose, and about 65% as sweet as sucrose. Wikipedia
A sugar Wikipedia Disambiguation
Chemical compound Wikidata
A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins. Wiktionary
The monosaccharide. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
sucrose
aldohexose
galactose
compound
HAS PART
hydrogen
carbon
oxygen
HAS INSTANCE
galactose
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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galactose, brain sugar
Wikipedia
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galactose
Wikidata
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galactose, α-D-galactose, D-galactose (open ring form)
Wiktionary
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galactose
Wikipedia Redirections
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Alpha-D-galactose, ATC code V04CE01, ATCvet code QV04CE01, BDGalp, Beta-D-galactose, Beta-D-galactoside, D-galactose, galactans, galactose metabolism, L-galactose, L-Galactose, α-D-galactopyranose
Wikidata Alias
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5abp, 8abp, alpha-D-Gal, alpha-D-Galactopyranose, alpha-D-Galactose, alpha D-Galactose, D-Hexose, GAL, Gal-alpha, galacto-hexose, Galactose, GLA, GLC, Hexose, (+)-Galactose, (2R,3S,4S,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal, (2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol, (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol, (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydropyran-2,3,4,5-tetrol, (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-methyloltetrahydropyran-2,3,4,5-tetrol, D-(+)-Galactose

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