Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of polysaccharides found with cellulose in many woody plants and yielding pentoses on hydrolysis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a class of complex carbohydrates which yield pentoses when hydrolyzed. They occur in most plants, in many gums, in turf, humus, and lignite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) One of a class of substances (complex carbohydrates widely distributed in plants, as in fruits, gums, woods, hay, etc.) which yield pentoses on hydrolysis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any
polysaccharide composed ofpentoses
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Examples
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High Court, legal precedent, pentosan polysulphate comments:
Glycobiology - update McDawg 2008
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In the London High Court in December 2002, Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss ruled in favour of two teenagers with advanced vCJD to have pentosan polysulphate to treat this prion disease.
Glycobiology - update McDawg 2008
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The medicine was the unpatented pentosan polysulphate.
Glycobiology - update McDawg 2008
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This is a complete nonsense, because the brand name is not pentosan polusulphate and it is the trade name which is being marketed.
Glycobiology - update McDawg 2008
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Sodium pentosan polysulfate Elmiron, an oral medication that protects the bladder from irritants in the urine.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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In studying the nutritive value of foods, particular attention should be given to the nature of the nitrogen-free-extract, as in some instances it is composed of sugar and in others of starch, pectin, or pentosan
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder
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From in vitro and animal model studies, pentosan has been proposed as a disease modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD).
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Pentosan polysulfate sodium (pentosan) is a semi-synthetic drug manufactured from beech-wood hemicellulose by sulfate esterification of the xylopyranose hydroxyl groups.
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Treatment consisted of 6 weekly subcutaneous injections (sc) of pentosan (2mg/kg).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Kenji Kumagai 2010
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Treatment consisted of 6 weekly subcutaneous injections (sc) of pentosan (2mg/kg).
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