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alpha D-glucose [1 record]

Record 1 2001-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

When alpha-D-glucose is dissolved in water, its specific rotation gradually changes with time and reaches a stable value of 52.7°.

OBS

"Dextrose" is more often used in referring to pharmaceutical or clinical preparations and has sometimes been defined as referring to D-glucose monohydrate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Matière sucrée, sirupeuse obtenue par saccharification, à l'aide d'un acide, des substances amylacées. Son acidité maximale est 0,5 g d'acide sulfurique pour 100 g de produit. La cristallisation ne s'effectue pas à cause de la présence de petites quantités de dextrine.

OBS

[alpha]-d-glucose : Désigne, en général, les glucides réducteurs non hydrolysables.

OBS

Alpha signifie que le groupe OH libre du carbone 1 est du même côté que le groupe OH du carbone 2; bêta, qu'il est de l'autre côté.

Spanish

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