noun🔗ShareTriosenA sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses."In biochemistry class, we learned that trioses, like glyceraldehyde, are the simplest sugars because they contain only three carbon atoms. "Im Biochemie-Unterricht lernten wir, dass Triosen, wie Glyceraldehyd, die einfachsten Zucker sind, weil sie nur drei Kohlenstoffatome enthalten.biochemistrychemistrybiologyfoodsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading