A rare sugar or monosaccharide related to other simple sugars, derived from or similar to glucose.
From 'alt-' (possibly from 'altitude' or other chemical nomenclature) plus '-ose' (the suffix for sugars), created as a scientific chemical compound name.
Altrose is one of many isomers of glucose—same molecular formula but arranged differently in space, creating completely different properties; it's a reminder that chemistry is like molecular Tetris!
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