rhamnose

[ ram-nohs, -nohz ]

/ ˈræm noʊs, -noʊz /

deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C6H12O5, that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.

Origin of rhamnose

< German (1887), equivalent to Greek rhámn(os) thorn bush + German -ose -ose²

The solution then gave the above mentioned characteristic tests for rhamnose.

Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) |William Anderson Syme
The exception referred to is the occurrence of a free sugar, supposed to be rhamnose, in a certain palm-wine.

Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) |William Anderson Syme
It is composed of one molecule of glucose united to two molecules of rhamnose (methyl pentose, C6H12O5).

The Chemistry of Plant Life |Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
The plant, it will be remembered, was originally extracted with ether in which rhamnose is practically insoluble.

Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) |William Anderson Syme

Fustin, on heating with dilute sulphuric acid, gave fisetin and a sugar supposed to be rhamnose.

Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) |William Anderson Syme