xylose

A white crystalline sugar, C₅H₁₀O₅, that is a component of most hemicelluloses in plants.

A colorless, dextrorotatory carbohydrate, , prepared by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on wood-gum or corncobs. It reduces alkaline copper solutions, crystallizes in needles or orthorhombic prisms, and melts at 144–145° C. Also called wood-sugar.

An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C5H10O5, formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.

One of the pentoses, C5H10O5, a white crystalline substance, a sugar, derived from wood.

a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics