Definition of Rhamnose

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A methyl-pentose, ''6-deoxy-L-mannose'', which occurs in the leaves and flowers of poison ivy and is a constituent of many plant glycosides. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhamnose

1. a sugar found in plants [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rhamnose

1. A sugar found in plant glycosides. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhamnose

rhagades
rhagadiform
rhagamanthus
rhagiocrine cell
rhaita
rhaitas
rhamnaceous
rhamnanase
rhamnetin
rhamnitol
rhamnogalacturonan
rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase
rhamnogalacturonan rhamnohydrolase
rhamnopyranose
rhamnopyranoses
rhamnose (current term)
rhamnose permease
rhamnoses
rhamnoside
rhamnosides
rhamnoxanthin
rhamnulokinase
rhamnulose
rhamnuses
rhamphorhynchoid
rhamphorhynchus
rhamphothecae
rhaphae

Literary usage of Rhamnose

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

1. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"The best material for the preparation of rhamnose is the commercial quercitrin or ... The sirup thus obtained will deposit crystals of rhamnose hydrate; ..."

2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"The best material for the preparation of rhamnose is the commercial quercitrin or ... The sirup thus obtained will deposit crystals of rhamnose hydrate; ..."

3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"The best material for the preparation of rhamnose is the commercial quercitrin or ... The sirup thus obtained will deposit crystals of rhamnose hydrate; ..."

4. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"The following specific rotations are calculated from the data of Gernez.5 The behavior of rhamnose is somewhat different.5 This body shows immediately after ..."

5. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"The behavior of rhamnose is somewhat different." This body shows immediately after solution in water a rotation to the left, then after some hours a ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"rhamnose, CH,,OS, CHr-CHOH— (CHOH),—CHO As will be seen from the above formula, rhamnose is an example of a carbohydrate in which the hydrogen and oxygen ..."

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