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maltose

/mawl-tohs/US // ˈmɔl toʊs //UK // (ˈmɔːltəʊz) //

麦芽糖,马耳他人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C12H22O11⋅H2O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.

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Examples

  • Proceed exactly as in preparing French Proof agar vide supra substituting Mannite (38 grammes) for maltose.

  • This organism is unable to ferment milk directly, but is able to decompose maltose and glucose with gas production.

  • Upon hydrolysis starch gives first a mixture of dextrin and maltose, then glucose alone as an end-product.

  • Herter claims that sucrose and glucose are much more so than lactose, maltose, or starch.

  • The amylopsin likewise in the pancreatic secretion acts upon the starch and dextrin, changing them to maltose.