levulose

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noun

D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose.

Similar
levoglucoseD-fructosefructosefruit sugarlaevulose
Opposite
L-fructose
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Meanings

nounlevulose (countable and uncountable, plural levuloses)

plural levuloses · alternative lævulose · alternative laevulose

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryD-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose.

    The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.

    1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds, London; New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263

    Synonyms: levoglucose, D-fructose

Synonyms & antonyms

nounD-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose.

Similar
levoglucoseD-fructose
Opposite
L-fructose

More synonyms by meaning

nouna simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

Similar
fructosefruit sugarlaevulose
Broader
ketohexose
Also see
fructosefruit sugar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Blend of Latin laevus + -ule + -ose. By surface analysis, lev(us) + -ule + -ose.

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Chicago

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