MALTOSE
maltose, malt sugar
(noun) a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
maltose (countable and uncountable, plural maltoses)
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose
Anagrams
• MATESOL, Tomales
Source: Wiktionary
Malt"ose`, n. Etym: [From Malt.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of
distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic
juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized
light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide
reducing power.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition