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araban

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[ar-uh-ban] / ˈær əˌbæn /

noun

Biochemistry.

  1. a pentosan, found chiefly in vegetable gums, that yields arabinose upon hydrolysis.

Etymology

Origin of araban

1890–95; arab(inose) + -an; -ane

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The pentosans, araban and xylan, occur normally in the stems and outer seed coats of many common plants.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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