xylulose

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Etymology

From xyl- +‎ -ulose, from levulose.

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Noun

xylulose (countable and uncountable, plural xyluloses)

  1. (biochemistry) The ketopentose (3R,4S)-1,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentan-2-one.

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