altrose

altros is one of the 8 D-aldohexoses
 * Altrose** is an aldohexose sugar. D -Altrose is an unnatural monosaccharide. It is soluble in water and practically insoluble in methanol. However, L-altrose has been isolated from strains of the bacterium //Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens//.

a synthetic syrupy sugar C6H12O6 stereoisomeric with glucose and epimeric with allose