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Levulose vs Dextrose - What's the difference?

levulose | dextrose | Related terms |

Dextrose is a related term of levulose.



As nouns the difference between levulose and dextrose

is that levulose is d-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose while dextrose is the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

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)

    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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