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levulose

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English

Etymology

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Noun

levulose (plural levuloses)

  1. Template:carbohydrates D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose

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Usage notes

This is not L-fructose despite being named that way, it is D-fructose, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research

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