dextrose

dextrose
Glucose Glu"cose`, n. [Gr. ? sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also {dextrose}, {grape sugar}, {diabetic sugar}, and {starch sugar}. See {Dextrose}. [1913 Webster]

2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc. [1913 Webster]

3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc. [1913 Webster]


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  • dextrose — [ dɛkstroz ] n. m. • 1878; de dextr(o) et 1. ose ♦ Glucose. ● dextrose nom masculin Synonyme vieilli de glucose. ● dextrose (synonymes) nom masculin Synonymes : glucose …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Dextrose — Dex trose (d[e^]ks tr[=o]s ), n. [See {Dexter}.] (Chem.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, {C6H12O6} (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits, and also called {glucose}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dextrose — dextrose. См. декстроза. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Dextrose — Dextrose, soviel wie Traubenzucker …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dextrose — Dextrose, ältere Bezeichnung für den Traubenzucker, durch die derselbe als die Ebene des polarisierten Lichtstrahles nach rechts drehend von dem linksdrehenden Fruchtzucker, der Lävulose, unterschieden wurde. Heute ist dieser Name nur noch wenig… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Dextrose — Dextrōse, s.v.w. Traubenzucker …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dextrose — Dextrose,die:⇨Traubenzucker …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • dextrose — 1867, shortened from dextro glucose, from comb. form of L. dexter right (see DEXTERITY (Cf. dexterity)) + ose, chemical suffix indicating a sugar. So called because this form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy …   Etymology dictionary

  • dextrose — [deks′trōs΄] n. [ DEXTR + OSE2] a right handed form of glucose found in plants and animals and in the human blood, and made by the hydrolysis of starch with acids or enzymes …   English World dictionary

  • Dextrose — Glucose Glucose Général Nom IUPAC …   Wikipédia en Français

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