pentoz

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Definition of pentoz in Turkish English dictionary

pentose

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·toz