Definitions of fructose in English
noun
(1) A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
Examples of fructose in English
(1) Glucose and fructose , two sugars found in fruits and vegetables, are monosaccharides.
(2) When sucrose is hydrolyzed the mixture of glucose and fructose is called invert sugar.
(3) The procedure is based on the cleavage of sucrose by invertase to glucose and fructose .
(4) Glucose, sucrose and fructose are the major soluble sugars found in strawberry fruit.
(5) Invertase, for example, aids photosynthesis in vine leaves, by converting sucrose to the invert sugars fructose and glucose.
synonyms of fructose
fruit sugar
laevulose
levulose
