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Hemicellulose vs Xylose - What's the difference?

hemicellulose | xylose |

As nouns the difference between hemicellulose and xylose

is that hemicellulose is (organic chemistry) a mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the manufacture of paper, and are used in the production of furfural and ethanol while xylose is xylose (wood sugar).

hemicellulose

English

(wikipedia hemicellulose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) a mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the manufacture of paper, and are used in the production of furfural and ethanol

    • xylose

    English

    (wikipedia xylose)

    Noun

  • (organic compound) One of the pentoses, C5H10O5, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.

    • Synonyms

    * wood sugar

    Related terms

    * xylosyl * xylosylglucoside

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