Hydrolysis - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: hydrolysisHydrolysis
A chemical process causing the splitting of a chemical bond by the addition of the elements of water Where the bond which is split is not part of a ring structure this process causes formation of two compounds from one compound plus water as in the hydrolysis of the ester bonds of fats during saponification...
hydroxyproline
A crystalline amino acid C5H9NO3 a hydroxylated proline obtained by hydrolysis of gelatin or collagen Chemically it is 4 hydroxy L proline It is classified as nonessential for growth in rats...
Levulose
A sirupy variety of sugar rarely obtained crystallized occurring widely in honey ripe fruits etc and hence called also fruit sugar also called fructose Chemical formula C6H12O6 It is called levulose because it rotates the plane of polarization of light to the left in contrast to dextrose the other product of the hydrolysis of sucrose...
Monosaccharide
A simple sugar any of a number of sugars including the trioses tetroses pentoses hexoses etc not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis Specif as used by some a hexose The monosaccharides are all open chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group...
Pentosan
One of a class of substances complex carbohydrates widely distributed in plants as in fruits gums woods hay etc which yield pentoses on hydrolysis...
Peptone
The soluble polypeptides produced by hydrolysis of protein specifically the soluble peptides into which food is transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices Peptones are also formed from protein matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids...
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