raffinosen.
/ˈrafᵻnəʊz/, /ˈrafᵻnəʊs/, U.S. /ˈræfəˌnoʊz/, /ˈræfəˌnoʊs/ Chemistry.
A trisaccharide sugar consisting of galactose, glucose, and fructose units and found in sugar beet, cotton-seed, and many cereals.Formula: C18H32O16.
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1876 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 30 398 At 20° water dissolves one-seventh of its weight of raffinose.
1894 H. F. Morley & M. M. P. Muir Watts' Dict. Chem. (rev. ed.) IV. 394 In a mixture of cane-sugar and raffinose, the amount of raffinose may be determined by observing the change of rotatory power after hydrolysis.
1934 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Apr. 462/1 The cottonseed meal has been the raw material from which most of the small supply of pure raffinose has been obtained.
1950 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) X. 468/1 The arrangement of the hexoses in raffinose is galactose-glucose-fructose.
2001 P. Barham Sci. Cooking ii. 14 We do not possess any enzymes that are capable of breaking down larger sugars, such as raffinose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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