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Mannitol vs Dextrose - What's the difference?

mannitol | dextrose |

As nouns the difference between mannitol and dextrose

is that mannitol is a polyhydroxy alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, used as an artificial sweetener while dextrose is the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

mannitol

English

Noun

  • (organic compound) a polyhydroxy alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, used as an artificial sweetener

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a sweetener

    See also

    * ("mannitol" on Wikipedia)

    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

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