Pentose Common

Pentose has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

pentose

A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.

See Also

pentoses carbon rhamnose saccharide pentosan ketopentose nucleotide pentofuranose

Related Terms

pentoses carbon rhamnose saccharide pentosan ketopentose nucleotide pentofuranose pentosyltransferase deoxypentose arabitol orcinol aldopentose adenylic acid pentose phosphate pathway nucleoside atom xylose ribose monopentose

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

monosaccharide

Rhyming Words

ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose

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