rhamnose
[ ram-nohs, -nohz ]
nounBiochemistry.
deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C6H12O5, that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
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Fustin, on heating with dilute sulphuric acid, gave fisetin and a sugar supposed to be rhamnose.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe exception referred to is the occurrence of a free sugar, supposed to be rhamnose, in a certain palm-wine.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe plant, it will be remembered, was originally extracted with ether in which rhamnose is practically insoluble.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe solution then gave the above mentioned characteristic tests for rhamnose.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeBy warming with alkalies or barium hydroxide, rhamnose is colored yellow.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
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