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levoglucose

levoglucose noun: levulose (D-fructose), the left-rotating form of fructose.

Noun

levoglucose (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) levulose (D-fructose), the left-rotating form of fructose

Origin of levoglucose

From levo- + glucose (left-rotating sugar) (left sugar).

Questions about levoglucose

What does levoglucose mean?
Levoglucose means levulose (D-fructose), the left-rotating form of fructose.
What part of speech is levoglucose?
Levoglucose is a noun.

Words near levoglucose in the dictionary

  1. levofolinates
  2. levofolinic acid
  3. levofuraltadone
  4. levoglucosan
  5. levoglucosans
  6. levoglucose
  7. levoglucosenone
  8. levogyrate
  9. levogyration
  10. levogyre
  11. levogyres

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