different between sucrose vs levulose

English

Etymology

From French sucre (“sugar”), derivation of Latin saccharum + -ose.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?suk?o?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?su?k???z/, /?sju?k???z/

Noun

sucrose (countable and uncountable, plural sucroses)

1. (biochemistry) A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
   • 1858, July 3, The Medical Times & Gazette, 20:

     There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products.

   • 2019, S. Nel, S. B. Davis, A. Endo, and L. M. T. Dicks, “Differentiation between Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis isolated from a South African sugarcane processing factory using ARDRA and rpoB gene sequencing” in Archives of Microbiology, 1:

     Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane.

Synonyms

• saccharose

Translations

Anagrams

• Cousers, Croesus, Crouses, Crœsus, Scouser, courses, rescous, scourse, scouser, sources

Dutch

Etymology

From French sucre (“sugar”), derivation of Latin saccharum +? -ose.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su?cro?se

Noun

sucrose f or m (uncountable)

1. sucrose

Synonyms

• sacharose

Related terms

• bietsuiker
• rietsuiker

English

Etymology

Blend of laevus +? l +? -ose (latin for "left" + connector "l" + sugar) (left sugar)

Noun

levulose (plural levuloses)

1. (biochemistry) D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose

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

Alternative forms

• lævulose
• laevulose

Synonyms

• levoglucose
• D-fructose / D-Fructose

Antonyms

• L-fructose / L-Fructose

Hypernyms

• fructose
• ketohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

Related terms

• dextrose (right sugar)