Levulose

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A sugar (C6H12O6) isomeric with dextrose, but distinguished from it by turning the plane of polarization to the left.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar; also called fructose. Chemical formula: C6H12O6. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization of light to the left, in contrast to dextrose, the other product of the hydrolysis of sucrose.
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  • noun. D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
    • Word Usage
    "Fructose Fructose, also called levulose, has exactly the same chemical formula as glucose, but the atoms are arranged in a different structure."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    L-Fructose  L-fructose  dextrose  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fructose  hexose  ketohexose  monosaccharide  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    D-Fructose  D-fructose  levoglucose  
    variant
    fructose  fruit sugar  laevulose  
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