levulose

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When a solution of cane sugar is heated with hydrochloric or other dilute mineral acid, two compounds, dextrose and levulose, are formed in accordance with the following equation: C12H22O11 + H2O = C6H12O6 + C6H12O6.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Carrots contain about half as much dry matter as potatoes, and half of the dry matter is sugar, nearly equally divided between sucrose and levulose, or fruit sugar.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

It assists in bringing about an alkaline condition in the small intestine and aids in the reduction of cane sugar and maltose to the simple sugars, dextrose and levulose.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

Such is the influence of diastase or invertin, which in the seeds of plants brings on the conversion of starch into sugar and of cane-sugar into glucose and levulose.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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 Cross, C. F.