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levulose

[lev-yuh-lohs] / ˈlɛv yəˌloʊs /


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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

It is a mixture of cane sugar and invert sugars, as levulose and dextrose.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

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.

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 McPherson, William

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




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