trehalose

/tree-huh-lohs, trih-hah-lohs/US // ˈtri həˌloʊs, trɪˈhɑ loʊs //UK // (ˈtriːhəˌləʊs, -ˌləʊz) //

海藻糖,海棉糖,海芋糖,海洛因糖

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Chemistry.
- : a white, crystalline disaccharide, C12H22O11, occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.

Trehalose appears to replace sucrose in those plants which contain no chlorophyll and do not elaborate starch.
The quantity of trehalose in such plants reaches a maximum just before spore formation begins.
Trehalose seems to serve as the reserve food for fungi in much the same way that sucrose does for higher plants.