Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white crystalline sugar, C12H22O11, formed during the digestion of starch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sugar (C12H22O1l + H2O) which forms hard white crystals, is directly fermented by yeast, and is closely like dextrose in its properties. It is produced from starch paste by the action of malt or diastase.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biochem.) 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 andmalt sugar . Chemically it is 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucose. It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
disaccharide , C12H22O11 formed from thedigestion ofstarch byamylase ; is converted toglucose bymaltase .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The starch is first converted into a sugar known as maltose, by the action of _malt_, a substance prepared by moistening barley with water, allowing it to germinate, and then drying it.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Sure enough, when the researchers inhibited GlgE, the bacteria underwent "suicidal self-poisoning": a sugar called maltose 1-phosphate accumulated to toxic levels that damaged bacterial DNA, causing the death of TB bacteria grown in Petri dishes as well as in infected mice.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Sure enough, when the researchers inhibited GlgE, the bacteria underwent "suicidal self-poisoning": a sugar called maltose 1-phosphate accumulated to toxic levels that damaged bacterial DNA, causing the death of TB bacteria grown in Petri dishes as well as in infected mice.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In some cases, Cutler says, people could even be sensitive to other sugars such as maltose in grains, sucrose or dextrose in fruits.
An Alternative to Lactase? Not in This Universe Steve Carper 2006
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In some cases, Cutler says, people could even be sensitive to other sugars such as maltose in grains, sucrose or dextrose in fruits.
Archive 2006-10-01 Steve Carper 2006
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Brown rice syrup has maltose which is easily broken down int
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As for the cervesa, hound dog, being diabetico I must quaff a vino blanco or anejo on purified rocks: the maltose wreaks havoc with my blood sugar.
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Shakespeare doubtless knew his roses, but let's face it, in a world without HFCS, invert sugar, dextrose, maltose or agave nectar, he was a novice regarding sweet stuff.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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Shakespeare doubtless knew his roses, but let's face it, in a world without HFCS, invert sugar, dextrose, maltose or agave nectar, he was a novice regarding sweet stuff.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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As for the cervesa, hound dog, being diabetico I must quaff a vino blanco or anejo on purified rocks: the maltose wreaks havoc with my blood sugar.
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