pentoside Chem.
(ˈpɛntəʊsaɪd)
[f. pentose, after glucoside.]
A glycoside which yields a pentose on hydrolysis.
The pentosides of most interest are now referred to as nucleosides.
| [1909: see guanosine]. 1910 [see glucoside]. 1916 A. P. Mathews Physiol. Chem. iv. 171 Guanosine is, therefore, a pentoside. Ibid. 172 From yeast another pentoside was isolated, an adenine pentoside called adenosine. |