Definitions for l-glucose

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l-glucose l-glu·cose

Spelling: [el-gloo-kohs]

IPA: /ˈɛlˌglu koʊs/

L-Glucose is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in l-glucose (-cegllosu).

Definitions for l-glucose

noun

1. See under glucose (def 1).
2. a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
3. Also called starch syrup. a syrup containing dextrose, maltose, and dextrine, obtained by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch.

Origin of l-glucose

l(evorotatory) + glucose