Definitions for arabinose

arabinose a·rab·i·nose

Spelling: [uh-rab-uh-nohs, ar-uh<
IPA: /əˈræb əˌnoʊs, ˈær ə bə-/

Arabinose is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 589 anagrams from letters in arabinose (aabeinors).

Definitions for arabinose

noun

  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , obtained from plant gums or made synthetically from glucose, used chiefly as a culture medium in bacteriology.

Origin of arabinose

1880-85; arabin the soluble essence of certain gums ((gum) arab(ic)) + -in2) +

Examples for arabinose

On hydrolysis, it yields glucose, arabinose, and d-mandelo nitrile.

This was directly established for glucose, lævulose, galactose, and arabinose .

It is, therefore, similar to amygdalin, except that one glucose molecule is replaced by arabinose.

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