sucrose
/ˈsuːkɹəʊz/US/ˈsukɹoʊs/
sucrose noun: a disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
Noun
sucrose (countable and uncountable, plural sucroses)
- A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
- There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products.1858, July 3, The Medical Times & Gazette, 20
- Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane.2019, S. Nel, S. B. Davis, A. Endo, and L. M. T. Dicks, “Differentiation between Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis isolated from a South African sugarcane processing factory using...
- Synonyms:
- saccharose
sucrose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
sucrose in Hindi
- a disaccharide
- इक्षुधु ikṣudhu
sucrose in Tamil
- a disaccharide
- சுக்குரோசு cukkurōcu
sucrose in Marathi
- a disaccharide
- इक्षुधु ikṣudhu
sucrose in Bengali
- a disaccharide
- সুক্রোজ śukrōj, সুকরোজ śukrōj
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- sucrose in Telugu
- సుక్రోజ్ sukrōj
- sucrose in Malayalam
- സുക്രോസ് sukrōsŭ
- sucrose in Kannada
- ಸುಕ್ರೋಸ್ sukrōs
- sucrose in Sinhala
- සුක්රෝස් sukrōs
- sucrose in Nepali
- इक्षुधु ikṣudhu
- sucrose in Arabic
- سكروز sakruz
- sucrose in Malay
- sukrosa
- sucrose in Indonesian
- sukrosa
- sucrose in Persian
- ساکارز
- sucrose in Thai
- ซูโครส soo-króht
Examples of sucrose in a sentence
- Agrocinopine A is a phosphodiester of sucrose and L-arabinose.
- Common bulking agents include mannitol, lactose, sucrose, dextran, trehalose, and glycine.
- Sucrose is just as bad as high fructose corn syrup," maintains Dr.
Synonyms of sucrose
Forms of sucrose
| plural | sucroses |
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Origin of sucrose
From French sucre (“sugar”) + English -ose. By surface analysis, sucr- (“sugar”) + -ose.
Words formed from sucrose
Questions about sucrose
- What does sucrose mean?
- Sucrose means a disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
- What is sucrose in Hindi?
- Sucrose in Hindi is इक्षुधु (ikṣudhu). See Sucrose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sucrose?
- Sucrose is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sucrose?
- Sucrose is pronounced /ˈsukɹoʊs/ (US).
- What is the plural of sucrose?
- The plural of sucrose is sucroses.
Words near sucrose in the dictionary
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