trehalose
/ˈtɹiːhələʊz/
trehalose noun: a disaccharide formed from two glucose units; it is an isomer of maltose.
Noun
trehalose (countable and uncountable, plural trehaloses)
- A disaccharide formed from two glucose units; it is an isomer of maltose.
- The most important of these is the common sugar furnished by the sugar cane, hence termed cane sugar, related to which are some others of small importance, viz., trehalose, melezitose, and melitose, represented by the general formula (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁,xH₂O).1862, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical, volume 3
- The researchers fed a natural sugar called trehalose to mice genetically engineered to have a severe version of Huntington's disease.2004 January 24, New Scientist, page 14
Examples of trehalose in a sentence
- Major components of the polar lipids are the acylated trehaloses which differ considerably in their acylation patterns to trehalose and in fatty acid content.2013, Thomas M. Shinnick, Tuberculosis, page 14:
- Trehalose, a sugar that is added to a wide range of food products, could have allowed certain strains of Clostridium difficile to become far more virulent than they were before, a new study finds.2018 January 3, Amina Khan, “A popular sugar additive may have fueled the spread of not one but two superbugs”, in Los Angeles Times:
Synonyms of trehalose
Forms of trehalose
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Origin of trehalose
From trehala + -ose.
Words formed from trehalose
Questions about trehalose
- What does trehalose mean?
- Trehalose means a disaccharide formed from two glucose units; it is an isomer of maltose.
- How do you use trehalose in a sentence?
- Major components of the polar lipids are the acylated trehaloses which differ considerably in their acylation patterns to trehalose and in fatty acid content.
- What part of speech is trehalose?
- Trehalose is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trehalose?
- Trehalose is pronounced /ˈtɹiːhələʊz/.
- What is the plural of trehalose?
- The plural of trehalose is trehaloses.
Words near trehalose in the dictionary
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