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Dextrorotatory vs Dextrose - What's the difference?

dextrorotatory | dextrose |

As an adjective dextrorotatory

is that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise.

As a noun dextrose is

the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

dextrorotatory

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise.

    • Antonyms

    * levorotatory

    Synonyms

    * (symbol) d- * (prefix) dex-, dextro-

    dextrose

    English

    Noun

  • the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule

    • Synonyms

    * D-glucose / D-Glucose * dextroglucose

    Antonyms

    * L-glucose / L-Glucose (levorotatory form of glucose)

    Usage notes

    levose is not the antonym L-glucose form, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research. "levose" is a misspelling of levulose (also misspelled as levolose), D-fructose, due to those origins.

    Hypernyms

    * glucose * aldohexose * hexose * monosaccharide

    Related terms

    * levulose (left sugar)

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