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levulose

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

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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Lemons differ from oranges in containing more citric acid and less sucrose, levulose, and dextrose.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

In the juice of grapes there is from 10 to 15 per cent or more of sugar, as sucrose, levulose, and dextrose.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

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 McPherson, William

The change that is brought about in the sugar by the cooking of fruits consists in changing the cane sugar into levulose and dextrose, which are not so sweet.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

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 Bragdon, Claude Fayette

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