trehalose

1. (biochemistry) A disaccharide formed from two glucose units; it is an isomer of maltose.Examples: "The most important of these is the common sugar furnished by the sugar cane, hence termed cane sugar, related to which are some others of small importance, viz., trehalose, melezitose, and melitose, represented by the general formula (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁,xH₂O)."; "The researchers fed a natural sugar called trehalose to mice genetically engineered to have a severe version of Huntington's disease."; "Major components of the polar lipids are the acylated trehaloses which differ considerably in their acylation patterns to trehalose and in fatty acid content."Synonyms: mycose, mycosincountableuncountable