polyhydroxy alcohol

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• polyol — Polyhydroxy alcohol; a sugar that contains many OH ( ol) groups, such as the sugar alcohol s and inositols. p. dehydrogenases oxidizing enzymes that catalyze the dehydrogenation of sugar alcohol s to monosaccharides (in EC class 1.1), e.g., l… …   Medical dictionary

• -itol — noun suffix Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 1 ite + 1 ol polyhydroxy alcohol usually related to a sugar < mannitol > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• advanced ceramics — ▪ ceramics Introduction       substances and processes used in the development and manufacture of ceramic materials that exhibit special properties.       As is pointed out in the article ceramic composition and properties, ceramics are… …   Universalium

• mannitol — noun a polyhydroxy alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, used as an artificial sweetener Syn: E421 …   Wiktionary

• polyisocyanurate — noun A form of polyurethane polymer, based on cyanuric acid, formed from a polyhydroxy alcohol and a diisocyanate; it forms foams that are used for thermal insulation …   Wiktionary

• alditol — The polyalcohol derived by reduction of an aldose; e.g., sorbitol. SEE ALSO: aldose reductase. * * * al·di·tol (alґdĭ tol) the polyhydroxy alcohol produced by reduction of the aldehyde group of an aldose …   Medical dictionary

• alditol — ˈaldəˌtȯl, ōl noun ( s) Etymology: aldose + itol : a polyhydroxy alcohol (as mannitol) formed by reducing an aldose (as mannose) …   Useful english dictionary

• -itol — əˌtȯl, tōl noun suffix ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary it (from ite) (I) + ol : polyhydroxy alcohol usually related to a sugar mannitol inositol * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• scyllitol — ˈsiləˌtȯl, tōl noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Scyllium, genus name of the dogfish Scyllium canicula (from Greek skylion dogfish) + International Scientific Vocabulary itol : an optically inactive sweet crystalline polyhydroxy alcohol C6H6(OH)6… …   Useful english dictionary

• talitol — ˈtaləˌtȯl, tōl noun ( s) Etymology: talose + itol : a crystalline polyhydroxy alcohol C6H14O6 formed by reduction of talose …   Useful english dictionary

• carbohydrate — /kahr boh huy drayt, beuh /, n. any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the… …   Universalium