sorbosen.
/ˈsɔːbəʊz/, /ˈsɔːbəʊs/, U.S. /ˈsɔrˌboʊs/ Chemistry.
A ketohexose sugar obtained esp. from rowan berries as a fermentation product of sorbitol.
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1889 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 56 480 Sorbose ferments more slowly and less completely.
1899 J. R. Green Fermentation viii. 104 Of those [sugars] with 6 carbon-atoms we knew glucose, fructose, galactose and sorbose.
1913 P. Haas & T. G. Hill Introd. Chem. Plant Products 63 Sorbose is a ketanic sugar produced by the fermentative oxidation of the alcohol sorbite contained in the sap of the mountain ash..; this sugar probably does not exist as such in the plant.
1962 New Scientist 5 Apr. 804/2 The fermentations already mentioned, with the less difficult fermentations producing..sorbose (a key intermediate in the synthesis of vitamin C).., more or less cover the extent of the British fermentation industry.
1970 New Scientist 5 Mar. 462/2 The possible non~nutritive sugars include sorbose (found in Mountain Ash berries), xylose (from oat husks), arabinose [etc.].
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