Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless pulverulent dextrorotatory carbohydrate, C12H22O11, prepared by the action of dilute acids on melitriose (raffinose).
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- noun biochemistry A
disaccharide consisting ofglucose andgalactose residues
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Examples
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By 1928, he had evolved and confirmed, among others, the structures of maltose, cellobiose, lactose, gentiobiose, melibiose, gentianose, raffinose and the glucoside ring structure of normal sugars.
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Smaller amounts of glucose, trehalose, maltose, mannitol, melibiose, and stachyose were detected in all samples.
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