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Dextrose vs Dextrorse - What's the difference?

dextrose | dextrorse |

As a noun dextrose

is dextrose (naturally-occurring form of glucose).

As an adjective dextrorse is

turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the morning glory.

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)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    dextrorse

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the morning glory.

    • Antonyms

    * sinistrorse

    Usage notes

    * At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse. (Webster 1913)