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Glucose and mannose are :...

Glucose and mannose are :

A

Epimers

B

Anomers

C

Ketohexoses

D

Disaccharides

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Glucose and mannose are epimers because they both differ in configuration at C–2 and the Isomer which differ at `C_2` position are known as epimers of each other.
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