See Also: threose(medicine)
threose(dictionary)

threose (iou)



threose noun. E20.
[from ERYTHROSE by arbitrary rearrangement: see -OSE2.]
Chemistry. A hygroscopic solid tetrose sugar, CHO(CHOH)2CH2OH, existing as two optical isomers and differing from erythrose in having the hydroxyl groups on the second and third carbon atoms on opposite sides of the carbon chain.