Look up: Arabinose

1. arabinose
   one of the principal pentoses in grapes. It constitutes a part of the unfermentable residual sugar in dry wines Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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2. arabinose
   A pentose monosaccharide that occurs in both D- and L- configurations. D-arabinose is the 2-epimer of D-ribose, ie. differs from D-ribose by having the opposite configuration at carbon 2. D-arabinose occurs inter alia in the polysaccharide arabinogalactan, a neutral pectinof the cell wall of plants, and in the metabolites cytosine arabinoside and adenine arabinoside.
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3. Arabinose
   Ar'a·bin·ose` noun (Chemistry) A sugar of the composition C ₅ H ₁₀ O ₅ , obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
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4. arabinose
   <biochemistry, chemical> A pentose monosaccharide that occurs in both D and L configurations. ... D arabinose is the 2 epimer of D ribose, i.e. Differs from D ribose by having the opposite configuration at carbon 2. D arabinose occurs inter alia in the polysaccharide arabinogalactan, a neutral...
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5. Arabinose
   • (n.) A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
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6. arabinose
   (Ara) Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-rab′i-nōs, a′ră-bin-ōs Definitions: 1. An aldopentose; both of its enantiomers are widely distributed in plants, usually in complex polysaccharides; used in culture media. d-arabinose is an epimer of d-ribose.
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7. Arabinose
   --> --> `Arabinose` is an aldopentose – a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde (CHO) functional group. For biosynthetic reasons, most saccharides are almost always more abundant in nature as the "<small>D</small>"-form, or structurally analogo...
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