noun
- Plural of furanoside; glycosides in which the sugar component is a furanose (a five-membered ring form of a monosaccharide).
Usage: technical; chemistry; biochemistry
Examples
- Furanosides are commonly found in nucleosides, where ribose or deoxyribose forms the furanose ring.
- The structure of furanosides differs from pyranosides in the ring size of the sugar component.
- Many naturally occurring furanosides play important roles in cellular metabolism.
- Researchers studied the chemical properties of various furanosides in the laboratory.