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Maltose vs Dextrose - What's the difference?

maltose | dextrose |

As nouns the difference between maltose and dextrose

is that maltose is a disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase while dextrose is the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

maltose

English

(wikipedia maltose)

Noun

  • (carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase.

    • Anagrams

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    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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