rhamnose
/ˈramnəʊz
/ /ˈramnəʊs/noun [mass noun] Chemistry
A sugar of the hexose class which occurs widely in plants, especially in berries of the common buckthorn.In undiluted samples, ribose, fructose, rhamnose, glucose, and one unidentified sugar were detected at low concentrations (data not shown)....
- Acid hydrolysis of crude leaf mucilage extract in both Z. mauritiana and Z. rotundifolia revealed that the main sugar constituents were rhamnose, glucose, galactose, and arabinose.
- The mol% of neutral sugars ranged from 80% glucose in opening flowers to 50% glucose / 25% rhamnose in senesced flowers.
Origin
Late 19th century: from modern Latin Rhamnus (genus name) + -ose2.