XYLOSE


Meaning of XYLOSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈzī-ˌlōs, -ˌlōz ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: circa 1894

: a crystalline aldose sugar C 5 H 10 O 5 that is not fermentable with ordinary yeasts and occurs especially as a constituent of xylans from which it is obtained by hydrolysis

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