Maltose Synonyms

môltōs, -tōz
A white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. malt-sugar

Words Related to Maltose

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Maltose Sentence Examples

  • Saccharomyces Marxianus will not hydrolyse maltose, but it does attack cane sugar and ferment the products of hydrolysis.

  • The glucose of commerce, which may be regarded as a mixture of grape sugar, maltose and dextrins, is prepared by hydrolysing starch by boiling with a dilute mineral acid.

  • By acting with hydrochloric acid on glucose Fischer obtained isomaltose, a disaccharose very similar to maltose but differing in being amorphous and unfermentable by yeast.

  • Thus, a form termed Photobacterium phosphorescens by Beyerinck will absorb maltose, and will become luminous if that sugar is present, whereas P. Pflugeri is indifferent to maltose.

  • Its action here is to convert maltose to glucose (a monosaccharide) ready for absorption.

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