Definition of "triose" []

• One of a group of monosaccharides that contain three carbon atoms. (noun)

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• "It is suggested that ad libitum feeding conditions decrease NAD availability which also decreases metabolism of the triose phosphate glycolytic intermediates, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone-phosphate, which can spontaneously decompose into methylglyoxal MG."
• "We had been mistakenly unsuccessful in not finding the small amount of transfer that was later detected in the triose P isomerase reaction."
• "The low levels of NAD and pyruvate caused by net synthesis of 2, 3-bisPglycerate shifted the equilibrium of the glycolytic intermediates toward high triose-Ps21."