pentose

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Definition of pentose in English Turkish dictionary

pentoz

(Tıp) Genel formülü C5H10O5 olan herhangi bir şeker, pentoz

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Definition of pentose in English English dictionary

A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms

Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.

any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

{i} monosaccharide that contains 5 carbon atoms (Chemistry)

They are not fermented by yeast

Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5, as arabinose; so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule

Hyphenation

pen·tose

Etymology

[ 'pen-"tOs, -"tOz ] (noun.) 1890. penta- (“five”) + -ose (“sugar”)