levulose

See also:lévulose

English

Etymology

Blendoflaevus+‎l+‎-ose(Latin for "left" + connector "l" + sugar)(left sugar)

Noun

levulose(plurallevuloses)

1. (biochemistry)D-fructose,the left-rotatingstereoisomeroffructose.
   • 1895,Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, inOrganic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds‎^[1],London, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.,→OCLC,page263:

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

Usage notes

This is notL-fructose,despite being named that way; it isD-fructose,due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research

Alternative forms

• lævulose
• laevulose

Synonyms

• levoglucose
• D-fructose/D-Fructose

Antonyms

• L-fructose/L-Fructose

Hypernyms

• fructose
• ketohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

Related terms

• dextrose(right sugar)