laevulose

British

/ -ˌləʊz, ˈlɛvjʊˌləʊs /

noun

another name for fructose

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Etymology

Origin of laevulose

C19: from _laevo- + _-ule + _-ose ²

Example Sentences

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The freshly-expressed yeast juice causes concentrated solutions of cane sugar, glucose, laevulose and maltose to ferment with the production of alcohol and carbon dioxide, but not milk-sugar and mannose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

Part II.—The influence of acids on the constituents of sugar cane and the hydrolizing effect of dilute acids on sucrose and the resulting constituents, laevulose and dextrose or invert sugar, are explained.

From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various

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