Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless syrup, C6H10O5, prepared by rapidly heating cane-sugar at 160° C. It is optically inactive, and is converted into levulose by boiling with water.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.

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  • noun organic chemistry An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.

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  • It is also noteworthy that levulose gave this same product, the trinitrate of the anhydride (levulosan) by both methods of nitration (_supra_).

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

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