Medical term:
osazone
o·sa·zone
(ō'să-zōn),The compound formed by certain sugars (for example, glucose, galactose, fructose) with excess hydrazines, possessing two hydrazones on carbons 1 and 2 instead of only one at C-1, as in the ordinary hydrazone, thus, RNH-N=CR'-CR"=N-NHR"'; osazones formed with phenylhydrazine (phenylosazones) are used to characterize and identify certain sugars.
Synonym(s): dihydrazone
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osazone
(ō′sā-zōn)Any of a series of compounds resulting from heating sugars with acetic acid and phenylhydrazine.
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