levorotatory
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of levorotatory
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It is levorotatory, and when hydrolyzed by acids or by the enzyme inulinase yields fructose; in fact, inulin bears the same relation to fructose that starch does to glucose.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
The gums are translucent, amorphous substances, whose solutions in water are levorotatory.
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
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
The glucosides, after extraction and purification by recrystallization, are generally colorless, crystalline solids, having a bitter taste and levorotatory optical activity.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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