galactose
[guh-lak-tohs]
noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C6H12O6, obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.
RELATED WORDS
sugar, starch, lactose, glucose, cellulose, glycogen, monosaccharide, disaccharide, sucrose, maltose, fructose, dextrose, dextrin, polysaccharide
Origin of galactose
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This was directly established for glucose, lævulose, galactose, and arabinose .
Researches on CelluloseC. F. Cross
A complex of products was obtained, from which galactose was isolated.
Researches on CelluloseC. F. Cross
On saponifying, it is split up into digitogenin, galactose, and dextrose.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
The temperature coefficient of the fermentation of galactose also differs slightly from that of the other hexoses.
Alcoholic FermentationArthur Harden
It will be seen that in one case the rate of fermentation of galactose was considerably greater than that of glucose.
Alcoholic FermentationArthur Harden
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