maltotriosen.
/ˌmɔːltə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪəʊz/, /ˌmɔːltə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪəʊs/, /ˌmɒltə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪəʊz/, /ˌmɒltə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪə(ʊ)s/, U.S. /ˌmɔltoʊˈtraɪoʊs/, /ˌmɔltoʊˈtraɪoʊz/, /ˌmɑltoʊˈtraɪoʊs/, /ˌmɑltoʊˈtraɪoʊz/ Chemistry.
A trisaccharide, C18H32O16, consisting of three glucose units and formed by the action of amylases on starch.
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1932 Chem. Abstr. 26 3238 Undecamethylmaltotriose..and tetradecamethylmaltotetraose..are obtained similarly from starch.]
1949 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 71 2873 ‘Maltotriose’ was obtained as the principal product of hydrolysis of a starch degradation product believed to be a maltohexose.
1983 T. H. Grenby in T. H. Grenby et al. Devel. Sweeteners—2 iii. 62 The 15% sucrose in wheatmeal ‘digestive’ biscuits was replaced by a mixture of 5% maltose..and 1% each of lactose, glucose and maltotriose, together with saccharin for added sweetness.
1989 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 916/1 Maltotriose..occurs in some plants and in the blood of certain arthropods.
1995 Jrnl. Fermentation & Bioengin. 80 124 The major reaction products from soluble starch were maltotriose, maltotetraose and maltopentaose, but no panose was detected, and maltotriose was the sole product from pullulan.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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