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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

galactose A six‐carbon sugar (a monosaccharide) differing from glucose only in position of the hydroxyl group on carbon‐4. It is about one‐third as sweet as sucrose. The main dietary source is the disaccharide lactose in milk, and it is important in formation of the galactolipids (cerebrosides) of nerve tissue. See also galactosaemia.

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galactose

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

galactose A simple sugar, C₆H₁₂O₆, stereoisomeric with glucose, that occurs naturally as one of the products of the enzymic digestion of milk sugar (lactose) and as a constituent of gum arabic.

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galactose

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

galactose An aldohexose monosaccharide that is not normally found naturally in the free form, but more usually is found as a unit in a larger molecule (e.g. a di- or polysaccharide).

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galactose

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

galactose An aldohexose monosaccharide that is not normally found naturally in the free form, but usually as a unit in a larger molecule, e.g. a di- or polysaccharide.

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galactose

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

galactose (gă-lak-tohz) n. a simple sugar and a constituent of the milk sugar lactose. Galactose is converted to glucose in the liver.

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galactose

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

galactose see lactose .

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