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rhamnose

/ram-nohs, -nohz/US // ˈræm noʊs, -noʊz //

鼠李糖,鼠李胶,鼠尾草,鼠尾草糖

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Biochemistry.

    • : deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C6H12O5, that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.

Examples

  • Fustin, on heating with dilute sulphuric acid, gave fisetin and a sugar supposed to be rhamnose.

  • The exception referred to is the occurrence of a free sugar, supposed to be rhamnose, in a certain palm-wine.

  • The plant, it will be remembered, was originally extracted with ether in which rhamnose is practically insoluble.

  • The solution then gave the above mentioned characteristic tests for rhamnose.

  • By warming with alkalies or barium hydroxide, rhamnose is colored yellow.