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Glucose and mannose are :...

Glucose and mannose are :

A

epimers

B

anomers

C

ketohexoses

D

disaccharides

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A
Glucose and mannose are epimers because they both differ in configuration at `C_2` position. The isomers which differ at `C_2` position are known as epimers of each other.
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