Amylose is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Amylose in a sentence
Amylose meaning
The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
Using Amylose
- The main meaning on this page is: The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
- In the example corpus, amylose often appears in combinations such as: of amylose, amylose is.
Context around Amylose
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Amylose
- In this selection, "amylose" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, starch, synthetic, molecules, tend and free stand out and add context to how "amylose" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amylose is a and amount of amylose present. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "amylose" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with amylose
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Amylose is a much smaller molecule than amylopectin. (8 words)
Finally, tolerance was also observed in a waxy-starch (amylose-free) mutant. (12 words)
Synthetic amylose made from cellulose has a well-controlled degree of polymerization. (12 words)
Cooking The varieties of rice are typically classified as long-, medium-, and short-grained. citation The grains of long-grain rice (high in amylose ) tend to remain intact after cooking; medium-grain rice (high in amylopectin ) becomes more sticky. (39 words)
Although in absolute mass only about one quarter of the starch granules in plants consist of amylose, there are about 150 times more amylose molecules than amylopectin molecules. (28 words)
Amylose, a long-chain molecule, diffuses from the starch granule when cooked in water, and lends itself to dishes where the potato is mashed. (24 words)
Example sentences (10)
Although in absolute mass only about one quarter of the starch granules in plants consist of amylose, there are about 150 times more amylose molecules than amylopectin molecules.
Amylose, a long-chain molecule, diffuses from the starch granule when cooked in water, and lends itself to dishes where the potato is mashed.
Amylose is a linear polymer of glucose mainly linked with α(1→4) bonds.
Amylose is a much smaller molecule than amylopectin.
Cooking The varieties of rice are typically classified as long-, medium-, and short-grained. citation The grains of long-grain rice (high in amylose ) tend to remain intact after cooking; medium-grain rice (high in amylopectin ) becomes more sticky.
Finally, tolerance was also observed in a waxy-starch (amylose-free) mutant.
It is made up of a mixture of amylose (15–20%) and amylopectin (80–85%).
Some cultivated plant varieties have pure amylopectin starch without amylose, known as waxy starches.
Synthetic amylose made from cellulose has a well-controlled degree of polymerization.
The strength of the resulting blue color depends on the amount of amylose present.
Common combinations with amylose
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of amylose 3×
- amylose is 2×