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Sucrose vs Levulose - What's the difference?

sucrose | levulose |

As nouns the difference between sucrose and levulose

is that sucrose is (carbohydrate) a disaccharide with formula c12h22o11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar while levulose is levulose.

sucrose

English

(wikipedia sucrose)

Noun

(-)
  • (carbohydrate) A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar

    • Synonyms

    * saccharose

    Anagrams

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    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)