levoglucose
English
editEtymology
editFrom levo- + glucose (left-rotating sugar) (left sugar).
Noun
editlevoglucose (uncountable)
- (archaic) levulose (D-fructose), the left-rotating form of fructose
Usage notes
editThis is not L-glucose form of glucose despite being named that way, it is the D-fructose form of fructose, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research.
See also
edit- dextroglucose (dextrose, D-glucose form of glucose) (right sugar)