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cellobionolactone

cellobionolactone noun: a lactone derived from cellobiose (3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-one.

Noun

cellobionolactone (uncountable)

  1. A lactone derived from cellobiose (3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-one

Questions about cellobionolactone

What does cellobionolactone mean?
Cellobionolactone means a lactone derived from cellobiose (3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-one.
What part of speech is cellobionolactone?
Cellobionolactone is a noun.

Words near cellobionolactone in the dictionary

  1. cellobiohydrolase
  2. cellobiohydrolases
  3. cellobionate
  4. cellobionic
  5. cellobionic acid
  6. cellobionolactone
  7. cellobiosan
  8. cellobiose
  9. cellobioses
  10. cellobiosidase
  11. cellobiosidases

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