different between fructose vs dextrose

English

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??k.t??z/, /?f??k.t??z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??k.to?s/, /?f??k.to?s/, /?f?uk.to?s/

Noun

fructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)

1. (biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.

Synonyms

• acrose
• fruit sugar

Hypernyms

• ketohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• lævulose, laevulose, levulose
• D-fructose
• L-fructose
• levoglucose

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Corfutes, forecuts

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin fructus +? -ose.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fruc?to?se

Noun

fructose f or m (uncountable)

1. fructose

Synonyms

• vruchtensuiker

French

Noun

fructose m (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) fructose

Further reading

• “fructose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From dextro- +? -ose (“right sugar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?kst???z/

Noun

dextrose (countable and uncountable, plural dextroses)

1. The naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

Usage notes

Levose is not the antonym L-glucose form, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research. "Levose" is a misspelling of levulose (also misspelled as levolose), D-fructose, due to those origins.

Synonyms

• D-glucose / D-Glucose
• dextroglucose

Antonyms

• L-glucose / L-Glucose (levorotatory form of glucose)

Hypernyms

• glucose
• aldohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

Related terms

• levulose (left sugar)

Translations

Anagrams

• detoxers

French

Noun

dextrose m (uncountable)

1. dextrose (sugar)

Further reading

• “dextrose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).