noun
- A glycoside in which the sugar component is a pyranose (a six-membered ring form of a monosaccharide).
Usage: chemistry; biochemistry; technical term
Examples
- Sucrose is a pyranoside composed of glucose and fructose units.
- The pyranoside structure is the most common form of disaccharides in nature.
- Maltose exists primarily as a pyranoside in aqueous solution.
- Researchers studied the pyranoside linkage to understand carbohydrate metabolism.
- The enzyme specifically cleaves pyranoside bonds in the substrate.