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Xylose vs Arabinose - What's the difference?

xylose | arabinose |

As nouns the difference between xylose and arabinose

is that xylose is one of the pentoses, C5H10O5, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood while arabinose is an aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.

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

    Anagrams

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    arabinose

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia arabinose) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.

    • Related terms

    *arabinan *arabinase

    Derived terms

    * arabinoside * cytosine arabinoside