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Definition of Polyose

1. Noun. Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.

Definition of Polyose

1. Noun. (obsolete organic chemistry) polysaccharide ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyose

Literary usage of Polyose

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

1. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"Cellulose is a polyose of very high molecular weight. The cell-walls of plants consist principally of this substance, together with lignin, ..."

2. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"... a polyose and cellulose is another. Just how many molecules are thus grouped is not known, so the general formula for a polyose is ..."

3. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"... is a polyose and cellulose is another. Just how many molecules are thus grouped is not known, so the general formula for a ..."

4. Recent Advances in Physiology and Bio-chemistry by Leonard Hill, Benjamin Moore (1908)
"By decomposing the globulin with baryta, a polyose practically identical with ... By decomposing this polyose with acids glucosamin was obtained. ..."

5. Everyman's Chemistry: The Chemist's Point of View and His Recent Work Told by Ellwood Hendrick (1917)
"By further treatment with a dilute acid and by heating it is converted into glucose, or grape or corn sugar. There is another polyose—now you remember the ..."

6. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1917)
"Considering first the formation of a simple sugar, it is possible, of course, that the formaldehyde may at once undergo polymerization into a polyose sugar; ..."

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