sorbose

[sawr-bohs]

noun Biochemistry.

a ketohexose, C6H12O6, occurring in mountain ash and obtained industrially from sorbitol by bacterial oxidation: used in the synthesis of vitamin C.

Origin of sorbose

First recorded in 1895–1900; sorb(itol) + -ose²

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Historical Examples of sorbose

Sorbose is the only other ketohexose which has any importance in plant chemistry.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Sorbose is a crystalline solid, which is not fermentable by yeast, but which otherwise closely resembles fructose.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

British Dictionary definitions for sorbose

sorbose

noun

biochem a sweet-tasting hexose sugar derived from the berries of the mountain ash by bacterial action: used in the synthesis of ascorbic acid. Formula: CH 2 OH(CHOH) 3 COCH 2 OH

Word Origin for sorbose

C19: from sorb + -ose ²

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