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gluconolactone

gluconolactone noun: the lactone of gluconic acid.

Noun

gluconolactone (uncountable)

  1. The lactone of gluconic acid

Questions about gluconolactone

What does gluconolactone mean?
Gluconolactone means the lactone of gluconic acid.
What part of speech is gluconolactone?
Gluconolactone is a noun.

Words near gluconolactone in the dictionary

  1. gluconic acids
  2. gluconokinase
  3. gluconokinases
  4. gluconolactonase
  5. gluconolactonases
  6. gluconolactone
  7. glucooligosaccharide
  8. glucooligosaccharides
  9. glucoolitoriside
  10. glucopanoside
  11. glucopenia

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