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cellobiosan

cellobiosan noun: the anhydrosugar (2S,4S,5S)-2-[[(2S,3R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol derived from cellobiose.

Noun

cellobiosan (uncountable)

  1. The anhydrosugar (2S,4S,5S)-2-[[(2S,3R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol derived from cellobiose

Questions about cellobiosan

What does cellobiosan mean?
Cellobiosan means the anhydrosugar (2S,4S,5S)-2-[[(2S,3R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol derived from cellobiose.
What part of speech is cellobiosan?
Cellobiosan is a noun.

Words near cellobiosan in the dictionary

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

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