d-glucose

[ dee-gloo-kohs ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. glucose1

Word History and Origins

Origin of d-glucose¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

It is closely related to ordinary d-glucose, with which it occurs in many fruits, starches and also in honey.

From Project Gutenberg

The form described above is laevo-rotatory, but it is termed d-fructose, since it is related to d-glucose.

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This latter property is remarkable, as most of them are compounds of the strongly dextrorotatory d-glucose.

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