1. Noun. (organic chemistry) The ketose form of xylose ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Xyloketose
1. A 5 carbon ketose sugar, whose 5 phosphate is an intermediate in the pentose phosphate pathway and the Calvin cycle.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
