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levulose

American  
[lev-yuh-lohs] / ˈlɛv jəˌloʊs /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. fructose.


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Etymology

Origin of levulose

First recorded in 1870–75; lev- + -ule + -ose 2


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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 Francis M. Walters

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

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder

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 C. F. Cross

Glucose, or invert sugar, the principal member of the second class, consists of two distinct kinds of sugar, —dextrose and levulose.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams

Some are coiled to the right and others to the left; and it is remarkable that, like dextrose and levulose, their juices are optically the reverse of each other when studied by polarized light.

From Four-Dimensional Vistas by Claude Fayette Bragdon

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