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Glycerol vs. Glyceraldehyde — What's the Difference?

Glycerol vs. Glyceraldehyde — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Glycerol and Glyceraldehyde

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Glycerol

Glycerol (; also called glycerine in British English or glycerin in American English) is a simple polyol compound. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is sweet-tasting and non-toxic.

Glyceraldehyde

Glyceraldehyde (glyceral) is a triose monosaccharide with chemical formula C3H6O3. It is the simplest of all common aldoses.

Glycerol

A colourless, sweet, viscous liquid formed as a by-product in soap manufacture. It is used as an emollient and laxative, and for making explosives and antifreeze.

Glyceraldehyde

A sweet colorless crystalline solid, C3H6O3, that is an intermediate compound in carbohydrate metabolism.

Glycerol

A syrupy, sweet, colorless or yellowish liquid triol, C3H8O3, obtained from fats and oils as a byproduct of saponification and used as a solvent, antifreeze, plasticizer, and sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics, liquid soaps, inks, and lubricants.
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Glyceraldehyde

(carbohydrate) The aldotriose 2,3-dihydroxypropanal formed by oxidation of glycerol

Glycerol

(organic compound) 1,2,3-trihydroxy-propane or propan-1,2,3-triol; a trihydric alcohol

Glyceraldehyde

A sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars

Glycerol

A syrupy sweet liquid obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of soap from animal or vegetable oils and fats; it is used as an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc.

Glycerol

Same as Glycerin.

Glycerol

A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

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