Crossword-Solution: GALACTOSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Galactose | n. | A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper). |
We have 8 clues for the answer “GALACTOSE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Glucose obtained from milk-sugar. | 1 answer |
| white water-soluble monosaccharide found in lactose | 1 answer |
| CHEMICAL hydrolysis, product of | 2 answers |
| MONOSACCHARIDES in body | 5 answers |
| hexose | 6 answers |
| monosaccharide | 10 answers |
| Carbohydrate | 19 answers |
| Sugar | 33 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GALACTOSE (5)
They are aggregates of monoses of the various types, chiefly mannose, galactose, dextrose, &c., so far as they have been investigated.
Dextrose, maltose, milk sugar, galactose, and the polyhydric alcohols give, if anything, only insignificant colours, and these only after long standing.
The chief of these substances are the following, arranged in accordance with their chemical constitution: _Monosaccharides_ Dextrose (glucose), lævulose, galactose, mannose, arabinose, xylose.
For example, cotton cellulose is difficultly hydrolysed; other celluloses are more or less readily split up by dilute acids, the extreme members readily yielding sugars: the hexoses--dextrose, mannose and galactose; and the pentoses--xylose and arabinose; these less resistant cell-wall constituents are termed hemi-celluloses.
Certain substances known as galactosides, which are combinations of galactose and some substances other than carbohydrates, are found in the nerve and brain tissues of the animal body.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1942).