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d-glucose

[ dee-gloo-kohs ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. glucose1


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Word History and Origins

Origin of d-glucose1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

It is closely related to ordinary d-glucose, with which it occurs in many fruits, starches and also in honey.

The form described above is laevo-rotatory, but it is termed d-fructose, since it is related to d-glucose.

This latter property is remarkable, as most of them are compounds of the strongly dextrorotatory d-glucose.

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dgafD-glyceraldehyde