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pentaose

pentaose is the alternative form of pentose.

Meaning of pentose

Noun

pentose (plural pentoses)

  1. A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
    • Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.

Forms of pentaose

pluralpentaoses

Words formed from pentaose

Questions about pentaose

What is pentaose the alternative form of?
Pentaose is the alternative form of pentose.

Words near pentaose in the dictionary

  1. pentanoyl
  2. pentanuclear
  3. pentanucleotide
  4. pentanucleotides
  5. pentanucleotidic
  6. pentaose
  7. pentaoses
  8. pentaoxide
  9. pentaoxides
  10. pentaoxo
  11. pentaoxolane

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