pentose noun. ['pɛntǝʊz, -s] L19.
[from PENTA- + -OSE².]
Chemistry. Any monosaccharide sugar with five carbon atoms in its molecule (e.g. ribose, xylose).

Comb.:
pentose cycle, pentose phosphate cycle, pentose phosphate shunt, pentose shunt Biochemistry a cyclic metabolic pathway in animals and higher plants by which glucose phosphate is converted to a pentose phosphate, which is afterwards converted into hexose and triose phosphates that can be recycled.

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