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xylodextrin

xylodextrin noun: an oligomer of xylose.

Noun

xylodextrin (plural xylodextrins)

  1. An oligomer of xylose.
    • These are then transported into the cells by cellodextrin and xylodextrin transporters and—in the case of xylodextrins—reduced before they are further processed to monomeric sugars by intracellular hydrolases.2015 August 16, Xin Li et al., “Cellobionic acid utilization: from Neurospora crassa to Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI

Forms of xylodextrin

pluralxylodextrins

Origin of xylodextrin

From xylo- + dextrin.

Questions about xylodextrin

What does xylodextrin mean?
Xylodextrin means an oligomer of xylose.
What part of speech is xylodextrin?
Xylodextrin is a noun.
What is the plural of xylodextrin?
The plural of xylodextrin is xylodextrins.

Words near xylodextrin in the dictionary

  1. xylocinnamon
  2. xylocopid
  3. xylocopids
  4. xylocopine
  5. xylocoumarol
  6. xylodextrin
  7. xylodextrins
  8. xylofucogalactan
  9. xylofucogalactans
  10. xylofucoglucuronan
  11. xylofucoglycuronan

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