Español > glúcido: 1 sentido > nombre 1, substance| Sentido | An essential structural / structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain. |
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| Sinónimos | azúcar, carbohidrato, hidrato de carbono, sacarosa |
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| Específico | azúcar de arce | sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree |
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| azúcar de caña | sucrose obtained from sugar ... / sugar cane |
| azúcar de remolacha | sugar made from sugar beets |
| deoxiribosa, desoxirribosa | A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids |
| monosacárido, monosaccharose | A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars |
| oligosacárido | Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis |
| polisacárido | Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules |
| raspadura, tapa de dulce | unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap |
| ribosa | A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid |
| xilosa | A sugar extracted from wood or straw |
| General | macromolécula, supermolécula | Any very large complex molecule |
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| Inglés | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar |
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| Catalán | carbohidrat, glúcid, hidrat de carboni, sacàrid, sacarosa, sucre |
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