PENTOSE

pentose

(noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pentose (plural pentoses)

(carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.

Hypernyms

• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• ketopentose

ribulose

xylulose

• aldopentose

ribose

arabinose

xylose

lyxose

• deoxyribose

Anagrams

• open set, openest, pontees, posteen, poteens

Source: Wiktionary

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Pen"tose, n. [Penta- + -ose.] (Chem.)

Definition: Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5, as arabinose;

– so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are not fermented by yeast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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