GALACTOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does galactose mean? 

• GALACTOSE (noun)
  The noun GALACTOSE has 1 sense:

1. a simple sugar found in lactose

  Familiarity information: GALACTOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALACTOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple sugar found in lactose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

brain sugar; galactose

Hypernyms ("galactose" is a kind of...):

saccharose; sucrose (a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent)

 Context examples 

The measurement of the amount of galactose in a biologic specimen.

(Galactose Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The measurement of the galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase in a biologic specimen.

(Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyltransferase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A carbohydrate polymer composed of mannose and galactose, with chemotherapeutic enhancing activity.

(Galactomannan Derivative, NCI Thesaurus)

A hexose whose structure can be derived from galactose replacing the -OH group on carbon 6 with a hydrogen.

(Fucose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A radiotracer composed of a cyclic Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptide that is conjugated with galactose and radiolabeled with fluorine 18, for potential noninvasive positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of alphaVbeta3 integrin expression.

(Fluorine F 18 Galacto-RGD Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

Only in recent years did scientists identify the main allergen in red meat, called galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or alpha-Gal, a type of complex sugar.

(Researchers have found a link between allergen in red meat and heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

It is characterized by deficiency of the enzymes responsible for the metabolism of galactose.

(Galactosemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A galactose mustard compound, an alkylating agent, with antineoplastic activity.

(Galamustine, NCI Thesaurus)

The first GalNAc may be extended with sugars including galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, fucose, or sialic acid, but not mannose, glucose, or xylose.

(O-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This species is nonmotile, ferments D ribose, galactose, arabinose and maltose, catalase positive, does not ferment mannose and hydrolyzes hippurate.

(Lactobacillus brevis, NCI Thesaurus)