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maltose

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun maltose has 1 sense

maltose(n = noun.substance) malt sugar - a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches; Array

is a kind of disaccharide

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CIDE DICTIONARY

maltose, n. [From Malt.].

A crystalline disaccharide (C12H22O11) formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice; called also maltobiose and malt sugar. Chemically it is 4-O-. It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

maltose, n. Chem. a sugar produced by the hydrolysis of starch under the action of the enzymes in malt, saliva, etc.

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F (as MALT)

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