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Glucose is a `//` an

A

aldohexose having three asymmetric carbon atoms

B

aldoketose having four asymmetric carbon atoms

C

aldohexose having four asymmetric carbon atoms

D

aldoketose having three asymmetric carbon atoms

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C
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