levulose
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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
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
Six molecules of formol represent glucose and levulose, 6CH2O = C6H12O6.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
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 William McPherson
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
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