levoglucose

English

Etymology

From levo- +‎ glucose (left-rotating sugar) (left sugar).

Noun

levoglucose (uncountable)

1. (archaic) levulose (D-fructose), the left-rotating form of fructose

Usage notes

This is not L-glucose form of glucose despite being named that way, it is the D-fructose form of fructose, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research.

See also

• dextroglucose (dextrose, D-glucose form of glucose) (right sugar)