PENTOSE Definition & Meaning

pentose

[ pen-tohs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chemistry.

a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 1 0 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.

pentose

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any monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon per molecule: occur mainly in plants and the nucleic acids

pentose

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Any of a class of simple sugars (monosaccharides) having five carbon atoms per molecule. Ribose and deoxyribose are pentoses.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pentose¹

First recorded in 1890; from German pent-, -ose ²

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pentose¹

C20: from penta- + -ose ²

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Glucose therefore enters another metabolic pathway, the pentose phosphate pathway, which generates NADPH, a cofactor used by antioxidants.

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Patra, K. C. & Hay, N. The pentose phosphate pathway and cancer.

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It’s politer to refer to it as the Calvin–Benson-Bassham cycle or the reductive pentose phosphate cycle, but with all due apologies to Misters Benson and Bassham, the Calvin Cycle is quicker to write.

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The time increase was less pronounced in the presence of the three pentose sugars used.

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They bear the same relation to the pentose sugars as do the dextrosans to glucose, etc.

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