rhamnose

English

Etymology

From translingual Rhamnus "genus of buckthorns" +‎ -ose (“used to form names of sugars”).

Noun

rhamnose (plural rhamnoses)

1. (biochemistry) A methyl-pentose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose, which occurs in the leaves and flowers of poison ivy and is a constituent of many plant glycosides.

Translations

methyl-pentose

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼠李糖 (zh) (shǔlǐtáng)

• Esperanto: ramnozo
• Finnish: ramnoosi
• Italian: ramnosio m
• Spanish: ramnosa f

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