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Definition of Dextrose

1. Noun. An isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits.

Definition of Dextrose

1. n. 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. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.

Definition of Dextrose

1. Noun. the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dextrose

1. a form of glucose [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dextrose

1. 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. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice. The solid products are known to the trade as grape sugar; the sirupy products as glucose, or mixing sirup. These are harmless, but are only about half as sweet as cane or sucrose. See: Dexter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Dextrose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"By varying the quantity of acid the pressure, and the time of boiling, varying products result — glucose, 70- sugar, 80-sugar, and commercial dextrose. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"supposed that both a and 0-dextrose have a CHO CHO closed y-oxide ring structure, and it is still ai | tion in tho equilibrium mixture. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"In the first type, in which the aldehyde group is present, they reduce cupric salts, and behave just as dextrose does. In the second type, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The principle of determination used by the authors depends on the well known fact that a freshly prepared solution of dextrose has a rotatory power twice as ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"As such it was a very convenient quantity, it being only necessary to obtain the weight of cupric oxide formed by the action of a dextrose solution, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"Thus dextrose, С'Н'Ю', forms with baryta the compound ... dextrose and cane- sugar abo form saline compounds with potash and soda; these compounds are ..."

7. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"But these sugars are seldom made from fruit juice ; dextrose being more easily obtained from ... dextrose rotates the plane of polarization to the right 52. ..."

8. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1883)
"ESTIMATION OF dextrose IN SOLID COMMERCIAL STARCH SUGAR BY LOSS OF ROTATORY ... The authors show by tables of analysis that the dextrose can be determined ..."

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