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dextrose

[dek-strohs] / ˈdɛk stroʊs /




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The research team has already begun another investigation comparing different fluids used during hydrodissection, including saline and dextrose, a form of sugar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Deborah Malkoff-Cohen actually notes that there are 62 different names for sugar, from agave and malt syrup to dextrose and barley malt.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2023

The patterns in this image, called Fractals, are of Bacillus subtilis being grown on a dextrose agar plate.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2021

His daughter arrived to find him hooked up to an IV bag of dextrose to raise his blood sugar, which had careened to 12 milligrams per deciliter of blood.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2019

Among them are the corn-fed chicken itself; modified cornstarch; mono-, tri-, and diglycerides; dextrose; lecithin; yellow corn flour; regular cornstarch; vegetable shortening; partially hydrogenated corn oil.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan


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