dextrorotatory
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It is strongly dextrorotatory, the anhydrous sugar having a specific rotatory power of +185°, and the crystalline form, C18H32O16, showing a specific rotation of +104.5°.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
This latter property is remarkable, as most of them are compounds of the strongly dextrorotatory d-glucose.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg
Its name has reference to its powerful dextrorotatory action on polarized light.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Sucrose is dextrorotatory, but since fructose has a greater specific rotatory action to the left than glucose has to the right, the mixture resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose is levorotatory.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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