Organic Chemical
pentose Audio
pen·tose [ pen-tohs ]
Subclass of:
Monosaccharides
Definitions related to pentoses:
  • A class of monosaccharides with five carbon atoms.
    CRCH Nutrition Terminology
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
  • Monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms in a molecule.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Monosaccharide sugar molecules that contain a five carbon backbone.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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