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galactose
[ guh-lak-tohs ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.
galactose
/ -əʊs; ɡəˈlæktəʊz /
noun
- a white water-soluble monosaccharide found in lactose. Formula: C 6 H 12 O 6
galactose
/ gə-lăk′tōs′ /
- A monosaccharide commonly occurring in lactose and in certain pectins, gums, and mucilages. Chemical formula: C 6 H 12 O 6 .
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Popular PHAs are lactobionic acid, gluconolactone and galactose.
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There are two common in foods, glucose and fructose; a third, galactose, is derived from more complex sugars.
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Like glucose and fructose, galactose seems to promote the production of glycogen in the body.
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Galactose occurs in the animal kingdom as one of the constituents of lactose, or milk-sugar.
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When hydrolyzed it yields glucose, fructose, and two (or more) molecules of galactose.
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These bear the same relation to galactose that the preceding dextrosans do to their constituent hexoses.
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