Talk:Fructose

What do you mean that some people react badly to fructose??

Structures of L Forms

I have removed these structures from the article because they seem incorrect to me. They are not mirror images of the α-D and β-D forms. The two "front-most" hydroxyls need to be "flipped". I think that the strucures shown are not fructose at all, but some other ketohexose.

File:Alpha-L-Fructose-structure.png

Supposed α-L-Fructose

Supposed β-L-Fructose

Oops, forgot to sign. Josh Cherry 00:23, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I'm sorry about that, and taking a long time to fix it. I've updated the images, can they be included now? [[User:Sverdrup|User:Sverdrup]] 08:16, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

They look right to me now. Josh Cherry 01:18, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

These graphics are still incorrect. In each graphic, where ever CH3 or H3C is found, it should be CH2 or H2C respectively. Thank you for placing these graphics online.... but they need to be accurate before they are borrowed and end up on websites and student papers all over the world. User: Don DeWitt 1 Nov 2004

The same problem exists for the D-isomers. I have created revised images in Photoshop but I do not know how to upload them. The original author may wish to make these corrections and obviously knows how to do it. User: Don DeWitt 1 Nov 2004

One last thought. It would be very helpful if the carbons were numbered in all the graphics. User: Don DeWitt 1 Nov 2004

YAY FOR FRUCTOSE!!! THE BEST MONOSACCHRIDE EVER!!!!! YOU KNO IT!! ;)