maltotriose

English

Etymology

From malto- +‎ triose. The tri- syllable represents the three substituent sugar units.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɔltoʊˈtɹaɪoʊs/

Noun

maltotriose (plural maltotrioses)

  1. (biochemistry) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
    Hypernyms: maltooligosaccharide < oligosaccharide < saccharide
    Coordinate term: maltose
    • 2026 February, Adam Rogers, “The quest to reengineer beer: Inside the quest to build the ultimate nonalcoholic beer”, in National Geographic‎[1]:
      With human nudging, yeasts have evolved into wolfish apex predators that feast on the range of sugars we extract from grains, from smaller, simpler ones like glucose and fructose to bigger, more complex ones like maltose and maltotriose. Brewing yeasts eat them all.

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