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Levulose vs Dextroglucose - What's the difference?

levulose | dextroglucose | see also |

Levulose is a see also of dextroglucose.


As nouns the difference between levulose and dextroglucose

is that levulose is levulose while dextroglucose is (archaic) dextrose (d-glucose) form of glucose.

levulose

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose

    • Alternative forms

    * * laevulose

    Usage notes

    This is not L-fructose despite being named that way, it is D-fructose, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research

    Synonyms

    * levoglucose * D-fructose / D-Fructose

    Antonyms

    * L-fructose / L-Fructose

    Hypernyms

    * fructose * ketohexose * hexose * monosaccharide

    Related terms

    * dextrose (right sugar)

    dextroglucose

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose

    • Usage notes

    levoglucose is not the antonym L-glucose form, despite its name, it is in fact D-fructose, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research

    See also

    * levoglucose (left sugar)