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

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

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

This difference seems to be due to the varying proportion of natural glucose, which will crystallize, and levulose, or mellose, which will not crystallize.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

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

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry