The talose is one of the monosaccharide classified into the aldohexose.
It is an epimer in 2nd place of the galactose.

･It is unknown to have made it clear though it is said that Talos who is the automaton of fictitious that appears in a Greek myth is an etymology.

･The isomerization is caused in solution, and it becomes a compound with the ring-shaped structure (mutarotation).

It is α-pyranose form that the existence ratio is the highest when the talose reaches the condition of equilibrium.