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Where does “furanose” come from?

furanose (English) comes from English furan, from English furfural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

furanose (English): any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide...

Definitions

  1. any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide...

Ancestry of “furanose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfuranAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
2EnglishfurfuralA heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “furanose”

  • ribofuranose
  • ribofuranosyl
  • ribofuranoside
  • fructofuranose
  • furanosyl
  • galactofuranose
  • deoxyribofuranose
  • galactofuranosyl
  • xylofuranose
  • erythrofuranose
  • hexofuranose
  • pentofuranose
  • ketofuranose
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