Arabinose Definition

ə-răbə-nōs, ărə-bə-
noun
A crystalline pentose sugar, C5 H10 O5 , obtained from plant polysaccharides such as gums and hemicelluloses.
American Heritage
A pentose sugar, C5H10O5, obtained esp. from certain vegetable gums.
Webster's New World
A pentose sugar, C5 H10 O5 , obtained from plant polysaccharides such as gums and hemicelluloses.
American Heritage Medicine

(biochemistry) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.

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Other Word Forms of Arabinose

Noun

Singular:
arabinose
Plural:
arabinoses

Origin of Arabinose

  • (gum) arab(ic) –in –ose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Arabinose Sentence Examples

  • Also Kiliani found that the lactone derived from the cyanhydrin of natural arabinose (laevo) was identical with the previous lactone except that its rotation was equal and opposite.

  • To settle this point it is necessary to consider the configuration of the isomeric pentoses - arabinose and xylosefrom which they may be prepared.

  • Arabinose being convertible into /-glucose and xylose into l-gulose, the alternative formulae to be considered are CH 2 (OH) - - - +COH CH 2 (OH) + + - COH.

  • As a matter of fact, only arabinose gives an active product on oxidation; it is therefore to be supposed that arabinose is the - - - compound, and consequently CH 2 (OH) - - - + COH = /-glucose CH 2 (OH) + - - - COH = l-gulose.

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Words Starting With

AARARA

Words Ending With

ESEOSE

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