trehalose

trehalose [tree-huh-lohs, trih-hah-lohs] ExamplesWord Origin noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline disaccharide, C12H22O11, occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.

Origin of trehalose First recorded in 1860–65; trehal(a) + -ose2 Examples from the Web for trehalose Historical Examples of trehalose

Trehalose appears to replace sucrose in those plants which contain no chlorophyll and do not elaborate starch.

Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

The quantity of trehalose in such plants reaches a maximum just before spore formation begins.

Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

Trehalose seems to serve as the reserve food for fungi in much the same way that sucrose does for higher plants.

Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

British Dictionary definitions for trehalose trehalose noun

a white crystalline disaccharide that occurs in yeast and certain fungi. Formula: C 12 H 22 O 11

Word Origin for trehalose C19: from trehala