See Also: erythrose(medicine)
erythrose(dictionary)
erythrose 4-phosphate dehydrogenase(medicine)

erythrose (iou)



erythrose noun. E20.
[from ERYTHRITE + -OSE2.]
A liquid tetrose sugar, CHO(CHOH)2CH2OH, existing as two optical isomers and differing from threose in having the hydroxyl groups on the second and third carbon atoms on the same side of the carbon chain.