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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