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xylose

/zahy-lohs/US // ˈzaɪ loʊs //UK // (ˈzaɪləʊz, -ləʊs) //

木糖,木糖醇,木质糖,半乳糖

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a colorless, crystalline pentose sugar, C5H10O5, derived from xylan, straw, corncobs, etc., by treating with heated dilute sulfuric acid, and dehydrating to furfural if stronger acid is used.

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Examples

  • The wound gums, for example, yield arabinose, and the wood gums yield xylose.

  • The product of hydrolysis appears, therefore, to be xylose or a closely related derivative.

  • All attempts to obtain a crystallisation of xylose from the solution neutralised (BaCO3), filtered, and evaporated, failed.

  • They have found it possible to work up the corn cobs into glucose and xylose by heating with acid.

  • But glucose can be more cheaply obtained from other starchy or woody materials and they cannot find a market for the xylose.