Xylose vs. Xylan — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Xylose and Xylan
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Definitions
Xylose
Xylose (cf. Greek: ξύλον, xylon, "wood") is a sugar first isolated from wood, and named for it.
Xylan
Xylan (; ) (CAS number: 9014-63-5) is a type of hemicellulose that represents the third most abundant biopolymer on Earth. It is found in plants, in the secondary cell walls of dicots and all cell walls of grasses.
Xylose
A crystalline monosaccharide, C5H10O5, that is a component of most hemicelluloses in plants. Also called wood sugar.
Xylan
A yellow, water-soluble, gummy polysaccharide found in plant cell walls and yielding xylose upon hydrolysis.
Xylose
(carbohydrate) One of the pentoses, C5H10O5, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
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Xylan
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
Xylose
An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C5H10O5, formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.
Xylan
A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woody tissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum.
Xylose
A sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics