单词 | pentosan |
释义 | pentosann. Biochemistry. A polysaccharide whose constituent monosaccharides are pentoses.Pentosans occur widely in plant tissues; examples include araban and xylan. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > carbohydrates > sugars > polysaccharides > [noun] > having pentoses as constituents pentosan1892 1892 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 62 1420 (heading) The pentosans of woody vegetable fibre. 1931 E. C. Miller Plant Physiol. viii. 420 The pentosans have the general formula (C5H8O4)n and occur, for the most part, in the cell walls of various plant parts. 1963 R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking ii. 34 The presence of pentosans in wood pulps helps to produce increased fibre bonding in paper. 1992 Internat. Jrnl. Food Sci. & Nutrition 43 40/1 Metabolism of cereal pentosans in the rat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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