Synonyms for dextrose

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dek-strohs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛk stroʊs

Top 10 synonyms for dextrose

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Définition of dextrose

Origin : 1867, shortened from dextro-glucose, from dextro- "right" + -ose (2), chemical suffix indicating a sugar. So called because this form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy.

As in carbohydrate : noun organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
As in sugar : noun sweet substance

Example sentences :

In the case of dextrose, &c., the yields represent the weight of syrup.
Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross

It appears to be resolved by ultimate hydrolysis into dextrose and mannose.
Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross

That is, sucrose is converted into levulose and dextrose sugars.
Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder

On saponifying, it is split up into digitogenin, galactose, and dextrose.
Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth

Sugar (dextrose) is present in the same concentration as in the blood.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2 » by Various

By this means the starch is partially converted into dextrose, a sugar, and dextrin, a gum.
Extract from : « Candy-Making Revolutionized » by Mary Elizabeth Hall

The plane of rotation is rotated to the right by sucrose rather more powerfully than by dextrose.
Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

Both sucrose, or cane sugar, and dextrose produce rotation upon a ray of polarised light.
Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

Lfflers serum is made by adding one part of dextrose broth to three parts of serum and then coagulating as above.
Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey

Dextrose, saccharose and lactose are the most used, though many others are used for special purposes.
Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey

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