Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.
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Pentose
Synonyms for "pentose"
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18 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- pentosa noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 五碳醣 /五碳糖 noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
- 戊醣 /戊糖 noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 五碳糖 noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
- 戊糖 noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Esperanto
1 entries- pentozo noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Finnish
1 entries- pentoosi noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Hindi
1 entries- पंचधु noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Hungarian
1 entries- pentóz noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Italian
2 entries- pentosio noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
- pentoso noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Japanese
1 entries- ペントース noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Korean
2 entries- 오탄당 noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
- 펜토스 noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Portuguese
1 entries- pentose noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Spanish
1 entries- pentosa noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Swedish
1 entries- pentos noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
Turkish
1 entries- pentoz noun (saccharide containing five carbon atoms)
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