monosaccharide with a carbonyl function (-CO-). Dihydroxyacetone, ribulose, fructose and sorbose are ketoses

A simple sugar that has the reactions of a ketone.

any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal

a monosaccharide whose carbonyl group is found on a middle carbon , i

A ketose is a sugar containing one ketone group per molecule.