PENTOSAN


Meaning of PENTOSAN in English

/pen"teuh san'/ , n. Biochem.

any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.

[ Pentos ( e ) PENTOSE + -an -ANE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .