xylose

See also: Xylose

English

Structure diagram of xylose

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Noun

xylose (countable and uncountable, plural xyloses)

(biochemistry) One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
Synonym: wood sugar

Related terms

xylosyl
xylosylglucoside

Translations

wood sugar

Catalan: xilosa f
Czech: xylóza (cs) f
Esperanto: ksilozo
Finnish: ksyloosi
French: xylose (fr) m
German: Xylose (de) f
Hindi: काष्ठशर्करा f (kāṣṭhaśarkarā)
Hungarian: xilóz (hu)
Irish: xileos m, xiolós m
Italian: xilosio m
Polish: ksyloza f
Portuguese: xilose f
Russian: ксило́за (ru) f (ksilóza), древе́сный са́хар m (drevésnyj sáxar, literally “wood sugar”)
Slovak: xylóza (sk) f
Spanish: xilosa (es) f
Ukrainian: ксило́за f (ksylóza), деревни́й цу́кор m (derevnýj cúkor, literally “wood sugar”)

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