fructose, fruit sugar, levulose, laevulose
(noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
levulose (plural levuloses)
(carbohydrate) D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose
This is not L-fructose, despite being named that way; it is D-fructose, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research
• levoglucose
• D-fructose / D-Fructose
• L-fructose / L-Fructose
• fructose
• ketohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide
Source: Wiktionary
Lev"u*lose`, n. Etym: [See Levo-.] (Chem.)
Definition: A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization to the left. [Written also lævulose.]C6H12O6.
Note: It is obtained, together with an equal quantity of dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet sugar, and hence, as being an ingredient of invert sugar, is often so called. It is fermentable, nearly as sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose. Cf. Dextrose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
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