A Group of Scientists in a Pharmaceutical Firm Are Conducting

question 17

Multiple Choice

A group of scientists in a pharmaceutical firm are conducting trials of a new formula they have developed to be used in a drug in the research and development unit of the firm.This method of testing a product prototype is best categorized as:

• A)beta testing.
• B)test marketing.
• C)premarket testing.
• D)concept testing.
• E)alpha testing.

---

Definitions:

D-Glucopyranose

The cyclic form of glucose, a six-membered ring (pyranose) structure, where the hydroxyl group at carbon 1 is in the same orientation as the CH2OH moiety.

Stereochemistry

The study of the spatial arrangements of atoms in molecules and the impact of these arrangements on the physical and chemical properties of those molecules.

α-Pyranose

A form of monosaccharide that adopts a cyclic six-membered ring structure, resembling a pyran, with the anomeric carbon in the alpha configuration.

Haworth Structure

A method for representing cyclic sugars as planar rings with hydroxyl groups positioned above or below the plane.