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SWEETENS |
Sugars |
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SWEETENERS |
Sugars |
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NITEOSACCHARIN |
An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars,
analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc. |
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GLUCOSE |
Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose
proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc. |
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GALACTIN |
An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found
in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition
several sugars, including galactose. |
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LEVULINIC |
Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also
acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids
on various sugars (as levulose). |
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DEXTROROTATORY |
Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand;
esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the
right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory. |
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DROGHER |
A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off
sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting
lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. |
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HUMIN |
...xtracted
from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on
certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin,
... |
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CARBOHYDRATE |
One of a group of compounds including the sugars,
starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon
atoms, united with a v... |
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CELLULOSE |
...h starch, and is
convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids.
When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Gran... |
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GLUCOSIDE |
...agents in the formation and
disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but,
by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids... |