maltose
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of maltose
Explanation
Maltose is a sugar that forms when starches like potatoes or rice are broken down in the digestive system. After maltose is formed, it's broken into simpler sugars so your body can use it for energy. Most foods you eat don't have much maltose, unless you cook them. Sweet potatoes, for example, have no maltose when they're raw, but when they're cooked they have a small amount. Molasses and malted drinks like Ovaltine are some of the few uncooked food products that contain maltose. Otherwise, it forms during the digestive process. Maltose comes from malt and the chemical sugar suffix -ose.
Vocabulary lists containing maltose
Example Sentences
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Maltose, which is found in breakfast cereals and breads, is a disaccharide of two glucose molecules.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
Maltose, or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed by a dehydration reaction between two glucose molecules.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Maltose, or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed from a dehydration reaction between two glucose molecules.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Maltose is easily soluble in water, and crystallizes in masses of slender needles.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
Maltose rarely occurs as such in plants, although its presence in the cell-sap of leaves has sometimes been reported.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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