pentose

[ pen-tohs ]

/ ˈpɛn toʊs /

noun Chemistry.

a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C5H10O5, or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.

Origin of pentose

First recorded in 1890; from German see pent-, -ose²

Words nearby pentose

pentobarbitone, pentode, pentolite, pentomic, pentosan, pentose, pentose nucleic acid, pentose phosphate pathway, pentosuria, Pentothal, Pentothal sodium

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Example sentences from the Web for pentose

They bear the same relation to the pentose sugars as do the dextrosans to glucose, etc.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
The time increase was less pronounced in the presence of the three pentose sugars used.
Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures|N. L. VanDemark
It is usual to regard furfural as invariably produced from a pentose residue.
Researches on Cellulose|C. F. Cross
From the solution the author isolated crystalline galactose, but failed to isolate a pentose.
Researches on Cellulose|C. F. Cross

But most of the natural gums yield a mixture of galactose, some pentose, and some complex organic acid.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

British Dictionary definitions for pentose

pentose

/ (ˈpɛntəʊs) /

noun

any monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon per molecule: occur mainly in plants and the nucleic acids

Word Origin for pentose

C20: from penta- + -ose ²

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Medical definitions for pentose

pentose

[ pĕn′tōs′, -tōz′ ]

n.

Any of a class of monosaccharides having five carbon atoms per molecule and including ribose and several other sugars.

Scientific definitions for pentose

pentose

[ pĕn′tōs′ ]

Any of a class of simple sugars (monosaccharides) having five carbon atoms per molecule. Ribose and deoxyribose are pentoses.

单词	pentose
释义	pentose [ pen-tohs ] / ˈpɛn toʊs / noun Chemistry. a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C5H10O5, or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis. Origin of pentose First recorded in 1890; from German see pent-, -ose² Words nearby pentose pentobarbitone, pentode, pentolite, pentomic, pentosan, pentose, pentose nucleic acid, pentose phosphate pathway, pentosuria, Pentothal, Pentothal sodium Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pentose They bear the same relation to the pentose sugars as do the dextrosans to glucose, etc. The Chemistry of Plant Life\|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher The time increase was less pronounced in the presence of the three pentose sugars used. Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures\|N. L. VanDemark It is usual to regard furfural as invariably produced from a pentose residue. Researches on Cellulose\|C. F. Cross From the solution the author isolated crystalline galactose, but failed to isolate a pentose. Researches on Cellulose\|C. F. Cross But most of the natural gums yield a mixture of galactose, some pentose, and some complex organic acid. The Chemistry of Plant Life\|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher British Dictionary definitions for pentose pentose / (ˈpɛntəʊs) / noun any monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon per molecule: occur mainly in plants and the nucleic acids Word Origin for pentose C20: from penta- + -ose ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for pentose pentose [ pĕn′tōs′, -tōz′ ] n. Any of a class of monosaccharides having five carbon atoms per molecule and including ribose and several other sugars. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for pentose pentose [ pĕn′tōs′ ] Any of a class of simple sugars (monosaccharides) having five carbon atoms per molecule. Ribose and deoxyribose are pentoses. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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