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arabinose
[ uh-rab-uh-nohs, ar-uh-buh- ]
noun
- a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , obtained from plant gums or made synthetically from glucose, used chiefly as a culture medium in bacteriology.
arabinose
/ -ˌnəʊs; əˈræbɪˌnəʊz /
noun
- a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C 5 H 10 O 5
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Other Words From
- a·rab·i·nos·ic [uh, -rab-, uh, -, nos, -ik, ar-, uh, -b, uh, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arabinose1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of arabinose1
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Example Sentences
The wound gums, for example, yield arabinose, and the wood gums yield xylose.
When hydrolyzed, they yield arabinose and a hexose; the latter is sometimes galactose and sometimes mannose.
It is, therefore, similar to amygdalin, except that one glucose molecule is replaced by arabinose.
This was directly established for glucose, lævulose, galactose, and arabinose .
On hydrolysis, it yields glucose, arabinose, and d-mandelo nitrile.
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