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levulose

[lev-yuh-lohs] / ˈlɛv yəˌloʊs /


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Carrots contain about half as much dry matter as potatoes, and half of the dry matter is sugar, nearly equally divided between sucrose and levulose, or fruit sugar.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

When a solution of cane sugar is heated with hydrochloric or other dilute mineral acid, two compounds, dextrose and levulose, are formed in accordance with the following equation: C12H22O11 + H2O = C6H12O6 + C6H12O6.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Of special interest, in its bearings on this point, is the direct transformation of levulose into furfural derivatives, which takes place under the action of condensing agents.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.

That is, sucrose is converted into levulose and dextrose sugars.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

Such is the influence of diastase or invertin, which in the seeds of plants brings on the conversion of starch into sugar and of cane-sugar into glucose and levulose.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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