mutarotation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mutarotation
1895–1900; < Latin mūtā ( re ) to change + rotation
Example Sentences
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The mannose which is obtained from these by hydrolysis is very similar to glucose in its properties, forms the same osazones as do glucose and fructose, exhibits mutarotation, etc.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
It is a reducing sugar; forms a characteristic osazone; and exhibits mutarotation.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
This phenomenon has been called mutarotation by T. M. Lowry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
They all show mutarotation and exist in two modifications, indicating that the component groups have the closed-ring arrangement.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
The disaccharides of Type 2, since they contain no potentially active aldehyde group, do not reduce Fehling's solution, nor form osazones; neither do they exhibit mutarotation.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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