amylose

English

Etymology

From amyl- +‎ -ose.

Noun

amylose (countable and uncountable, plural amyloses)

1. (biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.

Coordinate terms

• amylopectin

Related terms

• amylase
• amylin
• amyloid

 

Translations

soluble form of starch

• Catalan: amilosa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直鏈澱粉／直链淀粉 (zhíliàndiànfěn)

• Esperanto: amilozo
• Finnish: amyloosi
• French: amylose (fr) f
• German: Amylose (de) f
• Hindi: मांडधु ? (māṇḍdhu)
• Hungarian: amilóz
• Irish: amalós m
• Italian: amilosio (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: मांडधु ? (māṇḍdhu)
• Nepali: मांडधु (māṇḍadhu)
• Polish: amyloza f
• Portuguese: amilose f
• Spanish: amilosa f
• Swedish: amylos (sv) c

Further reading

• amylose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• oyamels, soymeal