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levulose

[lev-yuh-lohs] / ˈlɛv jəˌloʊs /


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Some are coiled to the right and others to the left; and it is remarkable that, like dextrose and levulose, their juices are optically the reverse of each other when studied by polarized light.

From Four-Dimensional Vistas by Claude Fayette Bragdon

The cane sugar, however, does not ferment directly: the enzyme in the yeast first transforms the sugar into dextrose and levulose, and these sugars then undergo alcoholic fermentation.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

The chief form of this carbohydrate is known as levulose, or fruit sugar.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

If we assume that such groups are derived ultimately from levulose, we have to account for the detachment of the methyl group.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by C. F. Cross

In the juice of grapes there is from 10 to 15 per cent or more of sugar, as sucrose, levulose, and dextrose.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder




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