dextroglucose
English
Etymology
From dextro- + glucose (“right sugar”).
Noun
dextroglucose (usually uncountable, plural dextroglucoses)
- (archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose
Usage notes
Levoglucose is not the antonym L-glucose form, despite its name, it is in fact D-fructose, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research.
See also
- levoglucose (levulose, D-fructose form of fructose) (left sugar)