dextroglucose

dex·tro·glu·cose

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Definitions of dextroglucose word

abbreviation DEXTROGLUCOSE dextrose 3
noun dextroglucose a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring. 1
noun dextroglucose Also called starch syrup. a syrup containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrine, obtained by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch. 1
noun dextroglucose (archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose. 1

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