raffinose
a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C18H32O16⋅5H2O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
Origin of raffinose
1- Also called gossypose, melitose, melitriose.
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How to use raffinose in a sentence
It is a constituent of sucrose, of raffinose, and of the polysaccharide inulin, from which it may be obtained by hydrolysis.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherThe hydrolysis of raffinose presents several interesting possibilities.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherThree trisaccharides which are non-reducing sugars are found in plants; namely, raffinose, gentianose, and melizitose.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherOf the higher sugars raffinose is fermented by juice from bottom yeast, but more slowly than cane sugar or maltose.
Alcoholic Fermentation | Arthur Harden
British Dictionary definitions for raffinose
/ (ˈræfɪˌnəʊz, -ˌnəʊs) /
biochem a trisaccharide of fructose, glucose, and galactose that occurs in sugar beet, cotton seed, certain cereals, etc. Formula: C 18 H 32 O 16
Origin of raffinose
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Scientific definitions for raffinose
[ răf′ə-nōs′ ]
A white crystalline sugar obtained from cottonseed meal, sugar beets, and molasses. Raffinose is an oligosaccharide, consisting of three simple sugars (fructose, galactose, and glucose) linked together. Chemical formula: C18H32O16.
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