noun
- Plural of furanose; five-membered ring forms of monosaccharides in which the oxygen atom is part of the ring structure.
Usage: chemistry; biochemistry; technical term
Examples
- Ribose exists primarily as furanoses in RNA molecules.
- The furanoses of arabinose are important in carbohydrate chemistry.
- In solution, some sugars equilibrate between pyranose and furanose forms.
- Furanoses are characterized by their five-membered ring structure containing one oxygen atom.