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Definition of Pentoses
1. pentose [n] - See also: pentose
Medical Definition of Pentoses
1. A class of carbohydrates that contains five carbon atoms. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentoses
Literary usage of Pentoses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1914)
"... pentoses Chemical theory demands the existence of fourteen pentoses, ie, ...
of administered pentoses are excreted in the urine even when given per os ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"As it is a matter of course that if the pentoses are formed in the leaves they
must migrate to other parts of the plants, since we find them there, ..."
3. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1917)
"GENERAL PROPERTIES OF pentoses. 1. They are not fermentable by yeast. 2.
On distillation with hydrochloric or sulphuric acid, they are converted in furfural ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry: For Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"The pentoses. — The pentoses occur widely distributed in nature. ... In the
tissues the pentoses do not exist in the free state, but form an integral part ..."
5. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"In the tissues the pentoses do not exist in the free state, ... The pentoses
which have been found in nature are arabinose, xylose, and rhamnose. ..."
6. Examination of the Urine: A Manual for Students and Practitioners by George Alexander De Santos Saxe (1909)
"pentoses pentoses are sugars containing five atoms of carbon ... pentoses are
excreted after the ingestion of beverages and foods containing large amounts ..."
7. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"They give the following characteristic tests, which may be performed with gum
arable, a substance containing arabinose, one of the pentoses: (i) ..."
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