different between mannitol vs dextrose

mannitol

English

Etymology

mannose +? -itol

Noun

mannitol (countable and uncountable, plural mannitols)

  1. (organic chemistry) a polyhydroxy alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, used as an artificial sweetener

Synonyms

  • E421 when used as a sweetener

Translations

See also

  • mannitol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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dextrose

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).

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