gentianose Chem.
(ˈdʒɛnʃ(ɪ)ənəʊs, -əʊz)
[a. G. gentianose (A. Meyer 1882, in Zeitschr. f. physiol. Chem. VI. 135), f. gentian + -ose2.]
A trisaccharide found in the roots of various species of gentian.
| 1883 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLIV. 811 The other properties of gentianose would appear to place it near cane-sugar. 1948 Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. II. 879 Gentianose may be hydrolyzed by invertase or by dilute acids to d-fructose and gentiobiose. |