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mon·o·sac·cha·ride

(mŏn′ə-săk′ə-rīd′, -rĭd)

Any of several carbohydrates, such as tetroses, pentoses, and hexoses, that cannot be broken down to simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Also called simple sugar.

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monosaccharide

(ˌmɒnəʊˈsækəˌraɪd; -rɪd)

(Biochemistry) a simple sugar, such as glucose or fructose, that does not hydrolyse to yield other sugars

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mon•o•sac•cha•ride

(ˌmɒn əˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd)

n.

a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose or fructose.

[1895–1900]

mon·o·sac·cha·ride

(mŏn′ə-săk′ə-rīd′)

Any of a class of simple carbohydrates that cannot be broken down to simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Fructose is a monosaccharide.

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Noun

monosaccharide - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

monosaccharose, simple sugar

triose - any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule

tetrose - any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule

pentose - any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

hexose - a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

aldose - a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal

carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

ketose - any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal

Translations

μονοσακχαρίτης

monosacárido

monosakkaridi

monosaccharide

monosackarid

monosaccharide

[ˌmɒnəʊˈsækəˌraɪd] n → monosaccaride m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mon·o·sac·cha·ride

n. monosacárido, azúcar simple.

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Therefore, low serum insulin level reduces Na+-/K+- -ATPase activity with poor Na+- and K+- metabolism as a result and so transport across biomembranes as well as hindered monosaccharide uptake by intestinal epithelia occurs.

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To 1 ml of the concentrate, 1 ml of Barfoed's reagent was included and heated which lead to the development of red cupric oxide indicated the nearness of monosaccharide.

Investigation of phytochemical constituents in Azolla microphylla for antibacterial activity

Dietary free sugar (DFS) is undoubtedly the most important diet-related factor in the aetiology of dental caries.1 Both the amount and frequency of sugar intake are related to the development of dental caries.2,3 Limiting the intake of DFS, which refers to all monosaccharide's and disaccharides added to food and sugars naturally present in honey, syrup, fruit juices and concentrates,1 significantly reduces the risk of dental caries.

Sugar consumption and caries occurrence among Pakistani school children

HEW & MAH (1989), explored the asymbiotic method for rapid absorption of monosaccharide fructose by differentiated and undifferentiated Dendrobium tissues, and ERNST & ARDITTI (1990) reported that a broad spectrum of carbohydrates (e.g., glucose, fructose, and oligosaccharides) are suitable for the growth and development of Phalaenopsis.

Carbohydrates on the growth of Cattleya schilleriana Reichb.f. seedlings (Orchidaceae)/ Carboidratos no crescimento de plantulas de Cattleya schilleriana Reichb.f

1,5 AG is a monosaccharide that is freely filtered in the renal glomerulus and competes with glucose for active transport back to the bloodstream by the renal tubular cells.

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Many researchers have demonstrated that the viscosity (14), molecular weight (Mw) distributions (15), and monosaccharide proportion (16) of polysaccharides have a great effect on their bioactivity.

Improved antimelanogenesis and antioxidant effects of polysaccharide from Cuscuta chinensis Lam seeds after enzymatic hydrolysis

The term covers a range of non cellulose polysaccharides composed, in various proportions, of monosaccharide units such as D-xylose, D-mannose, D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-galactose, D-glucuronic acid and D-galacturonic acid.

Prelimnary Screening of Molds for Production of Xylanase

The body breaks down this starch (polysaccharide) into a smaller unit (monosaccharide) called glucose.

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Interestingly, the results showed that the DDFPs had similar monosaccharide composition as the D.

Optimum Extraction, Characterization, and Antioxidant Activities of Polysaccharides from Flowers of Dendrobium devonianum

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