Look up: xylose

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   xylose
   a colorless, crystalline pentose sugar, C₅H₁₀O₅, derived from xylan, straw, corncobs, etc., by treating with heated dilute sulfuric acid, and dehydrating to furfural if stronger acid is used.
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   xylose
   a pentose sugar occurring among the products of acid hydrolysis of wood and hemicelluloses Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   xylose
   Monosaccharide pentose that is found in xylans, very abundant components of hemicelluloses.
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   Xylose
   Xy'lose noun [ Prefix xylo- + -ose .] (Chemistry) An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C ₅ H ₁₀ O ₅ , formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.
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   xylose
   <biochemistry> Monosaccharide pentose that is found in xylans, very abundant components of hemicelluloses. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Xylose
   `Xylose` or wood sugar is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula 5105. Xylose is found in the embryos of most edible plants. In animal medicine, xylose is used to test for malabsorption by administering to the patient in water after fasting. If xylose is detected in blood and/or urine within the next few hours, it has been absorbed by the intestines...
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   xylose
   (zi´lōs) a pentose found in mucopolysaccharides of connective tissue, sometimes the urine, and vegetable gum. D-Xylose is used in a diagnostic test of intestinal absorption (see malabsorption syndrome).
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   Xylose
   • (n.) An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C5H10O5, formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.
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   xylose
   (from the article `carbohydrate`) ...is present in a molecule, as is the case with sugars having four or more carbon atoms, a series of DL pairs exists, and they are functionally, ...
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    xylose
    An aldopentose, isomeric with ribose, obtained by fermentation or hydrolysis of naturally occurring carbohydrate substances, e.g., in wood fiber. An important dietary component for herbivores. The d-isomer is also known as wood or beechwood sugar. Syn: uridine diphosphoxylose
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