cellobiose

[ sel-oh-bahy-ohs ]

noun
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble disaccharide, C12H22O11, that is obtained by the breakdown of cellulose or lichenin and yields glucose upon hydrolysis: used chiefly in bacteriology as a reagent.

Origin of cellobiose

1
First recorded in 1900–05; cell(ulose) + -o- + bi-2 + -ose2

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cellobiose

cellose (ˈsɛləʊz)

/ (ˌsɛləʊˈbaɪəʊz) /


noun
  1. a disaccharide obtained by the hydrolysis of cellulose by cellulase. Formula: C 12 H 22 O 11

Origin of cellobiose

1
C20: from cellulose + bi- 1 + -ose ²

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