What does "levulose" mean?

D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose.

What is a synonym for "levulose"?

Common synonyms include: carbohydrate, d fructose, d-fructose, fructose, fructose, fruit sugar.

Levulose

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Noun

1
D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose. countable, uncountable
"The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses."
2
a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits wordnet

Synonyms

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carbohydrate d fructose d-fructose fructose fructose fruit sugar

Antonyms

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l fructose L-fructose

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"The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses."

Etymology

Blend of Latin laevus + -ule + -ose. By surface analysis, lev(us) + -ule + -ose.

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d fructose

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