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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 heatinglevulose .
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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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