Definition of Furanose

1. Noun. (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furanose

1. a type of sugar [n -S]

Medical Definition of Furanose

1. A simple sugar that contains a furan ring (a monocyclicether ring with four carbons and one oxygen atom). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furanose

furacity
furagin
fural
furaldehyde
furals
furaltadone
furan
furane
furaneol
furanes
furanocoumarin
furanocoumarins
furanoid
furanoindoline
furanone
furanose (current term)
furanose ring
furanoses
furanosic
furanoside
furanosides
furanosteroid
furanosteroids
furans
furaquinocin
furazabol
furazan
furazans
furazolidone
furazolidones

Literary usage of Furanose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The hemiacetal and adjacent methine proton of the furanose ring must be ... of the relative stereochemistry of the furanose methine proton (on C-2) and the ..."

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