noun
- Plural of pentoside; glycosides formed from pentose sugars (five-carbon sugars) bonded to non-sugar molecules.
Usage: chemistry; biochemistry; technical term
Examples
- Pentosides are important compounds found in plant cell walls and various natural products.
- The researcher studied how pentosides break down during digestion.
- Nucleosides are a type of pentoside that contains a nitrogenous base and a ribose or deoxyribose sugar.
- Many pentosides have pharmaceutical applications in medicine.
- The laboratory analyzed the pentosides extracted from the plant tissue.