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



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AUDACIOUS

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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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