Definitions
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- noun (Chem.) See
levulose .
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- noun biochemistry Alternative spelling of
levulose . (fructose )
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- noun a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
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Examples
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The finished honey contains a high concentration of several types of sugars, including sucrose, laevulose and dextrose.
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They observed that when the blood sugar fell to about 0.045 per cent, characteristic symptoms supervened which could be antidoted by glucose, and to a less extent, by laevulose and mannose.
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