Definition of Maltose

1. Noun. A white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches.

Exact synonyms: Malt Sugar
Generic synonyms: Disaccharide

Definition of Maltose

1. n. A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.

Definition of Maltose

1. a type of sugar [n -S]

Medical Definition of Maltose

1. Disaccharide intermediate of the breakdown of starch, glucose _(1-4) glucose. Fermentable substrate in brewing. (20 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maltose

malting
maltings
maltman
maltmen
Malto
maltobionate alpha-glucosidase
maltobiose
maltodextrin phosphorylase
maltokinase
maltol
maltols
maltonic
maltooligosyl trehalose synthase
maltooligosyl trehalose trehalohydrolase
maltose (current term)
maltose (current term)
maltose-riboflavin glucosyltransferase
maltoses
maltose 1-epimerase
maltose acetyltransferase
maltose binding protein
maltose dehydrogenase
maltose permease
maltotetrose
maltotriose-forming amylase
maltreat
maltreated
maltreater
maltreaters
maltreating

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