Pharmacologic Substance
sugar
sug·ar [ shoo g-er ]
Subclass of:
Carbohydrates
Definitions related to sugars:
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A white crystalline carbohydrate, typically sucrose, used as a sweetener and preservative.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Short chain carbohydrate molecules that have hydroxyl groups attached to each carbon atom unit with the exception of one carbon that has a doubly-bond aldehyde or ketone oxygen. Cyclical sugar molecules are formed when the aldehyde or ketone groups respectively form a hemiacetal or hemiketal bond with one of the hydroxyl carbons. The three dimensional structure of the sugar molecule occurs in a vast array of biological and synthetic classes of specialized compounds including AMINO SUGARS; CARBASUGARS; DEOXY SUGARS; SUGAR ACIDS; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; and SUGAR PHOSPHATES.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Sugar, any of numerous sweet, colourless, water-soluble compounds present in the sap of seed plants and the milk of mammals and making up the simplest group of carbohydrates. The most common sugar is sucrose, a crystalline tabletop and industrial sweetener used in foods and...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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