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pentose

[ pen-tohs ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 1 0 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.


pentose

/ ˈpɛntəʊs /

noun

  1. any monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon per molecule: occur mainly in plants and the nucleic acids
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pentose

/ pĕntōs′ /

  1. Any of a class of simple sugars (monosaccharides) having five carbon atoms per molecule. Ribose and deoxyribose are pentoses.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pentose1

First recorded in 1890; from German pent-, -ose 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pentose1

C20: from penta- + -ose ²
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Example Sentences

Glucose therefore enters another metabolic pathway, the pentose phosphate pathway, which generates NADPH, a cofactor used by antioxidants.

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Patra, K. C. & Hay, N. The pentose phosphate pathway and cancer.

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It’s politer to refer to it as the Calvin–Benson-Bassham cycle or the reductive pentose phosphate cycle, but with all due apologies to Misters Benson and Bassham, the Calvin Cycle is quicker to write.

The time increase was less pronounced in the presence of the three pentose sugars used.

They bear the same relation to the pentose sugars as do the dextrosans to glucose, etc.

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