Definition of "xylose" []

• A white crystalline sugar, C5H10O5, used in dyeing and tanning and in diabetic diets. Also called wood sugar. (noun)

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• "Xylitol: A sugar alcohol, derived from xylan a complex sugar chain, sort of like cellulose, which is found in corncobs, straw, almond shells, and birch bark which is then broken down into individual units of a simple sugar, called xylose, which is then hydrogenated to make xylitol."
• "S. cerevisiae strains to convert five-carbon sugars such as xylose into ethanol."
• "What, on earth, compelled anyone to use xylose isomerase and oligosaccharides in the first place?"