pentose
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of pentose
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The simple sugars are galactose, fructose, glycogen, and pentose.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 3.33 A nucleotide is made up of three components: a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and one or more phosphate groups.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Pen, pentose; Hex, hexose; HexA, corresponding sugar acid. bPairs of saponins with the same chemical formula but different retention times.
From Nature • Feb. 7, 2017
Pen, pentose; Hex, hexose; HexA, corresponding sugar acid. bPairs of saponins with the same chemical formula but different retention times.
From Nature • Feb. 7, 2017
The sum of these quantitative data is inconsistent with a pentose or pentosane formula; it is more satisfactorily expressed by the empirical formula which represents a pentose monoformal.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
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