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Definitions of pentose:
  • noun:   any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule



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monosaccharide sugar-5 pathway carbon atom aldehyde functional-group ketone stereoisomerism ribose arabinose xylose lyxose ribulose xylulose hydroxyl hemiacetal furan mutarotation rna deoxyribose dna polymer triose tetrose hexose heptose pentose-phosphate-pathway aniline-acetate-test biochemistry carbohydrate aldose ketose pyranose cyclohexane-conformation anomer dihydroxyacetone glyceraldehyde erythrulose erythrose threose deoxy-sugar ketohexose psicose fructose sorbose tagatose aldohexose-2 allose altrose glucose mannose gulose idose galactose talose fucose fuculose rhamnose sedoheptulose disaccharide sucrose lactose maltose trehalose turanose cellobiose trisaccharide-2 raffinose melezitose maltotriose tetrasaccharide-2 acarbose stachyose-2 oligosaccharide fructooligosaccharide polysaccharide glycogen starch amylose amylopectin cellulose dextrin glucan beta-glucan fructan inulin levan-beta-2-6 n-acetylglucosamine chitin glycosaminoglycan heparin chondroitin-sulfate hyaluronan heparan-sulfate dermatan-sulfate keratan-sulfate aminoglycoside kanamycin streptomycin