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Pentose vs Pentone - What's the difference?

pentose | pentone |

As nouns the difference between pentose and pentone

is that pentose is a sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms while pentone is valylene.

pentose

English

(wikipedia pentose)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
    • Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose

    Hypernyms

    * monosaccharide

    Hyponyms

    * ketopentose :* ribulose :* xylulose * aldopentose :* ribose :* arabinose :* xylose :* lyxose * deoxyribose

    Anagrams

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    pentone

    English

    Noun

  • (chemistry) valylene
    • (Webster 1913)