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galactose

/guh-lak-tohs/US // gəˈlæk toʊs //UK // (ɡəˈlæktəʊz, -əʊs) //

半乳糖,银杏糖,葡萄糖,木糖醇

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C6H12O6, obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Popular PHAs are lactobionic acid, gluconolactone and galactose.

  • There are two common in foods, glucose and fructose; a third, galactose, is derived from more complex sugars.

  • Like glucose and fructose, galactose seems to promote the production of glycogen in the body.

  • Galactose occurs in the animal kingdom as one of the constituents of lactose, or milk-sugar.

  • When hydrolyzed it yields glucose, fructose, and two (or more) molecules of galactose.

  • These bear the same relation to galactose that the preceding dextrosans do to their constituent hexoses.