Akademik

pentose
A monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms in the molecule; e.g., arabinose, lyxose, ribose, xylose, xylulose.
- p. nucleotide a nucleotide having a p. as the sugar component.

* * *

pen·tose 'pen-.tōs, -.tōz n a monosaccharide C5H10O5 (as ribose) that contains five carbon atoms in a molecule

* * *

n.
a simple sugar with five carbon atoms: for example, ribose and xylose.

* * *

pen·tose (penґtōs) a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms in a molecule.

Medical dictionary. 2011.