lyxohexosamine

English

Noun

lyxohexosamine (countable and uncountable, plural lyxohexosamines)

1. A hexosamine that is a lyxose.
   • 1917, Chemical Society (Great Britain), Journal of the Chemical Society (volume 112, part 1, page 633)

     The author brings forward conclusive evidence of the identity of natural chondrosamine and synthetic lyxohexosamine.

   • 1964, Chemical Abstracts, volume 10, page 2712:

     Chondrosamine is now thought to have the structure of a lyxohexosamine […]

Related terms

• lyxohexosamic acid