Melezitose, also spelled melicitose, is a nonreducing trisaccharide sugar that is produced by many plant sap eating insects, including aphids such as Cinara pilicornis by an enzyme reaction. This is beneficial to the insects, as it reduces the stress of osmosis by reducing their own water potential. The melezitose is part of the honeydew which act...
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• (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix).
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Me·lez'i·tose` noun [ French
mélèze the larch + mel
itose .]
(Chemistry) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (
Larix ). [ Written also
melicitose .]
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