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sucrose

[ soo-krohs ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a crystalline disaccharide, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.


sucrose

/ ˈsjuËkrəʊz; -krəʊs /

noun

  1. the technical name for sugar
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sucrose

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  1. A crystalline sugar found in many plants, especially sugar cane, sugar beets, and sugar maple. It is used widely as a sweetener. Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose. Also called table sugar. Chemical formula: C 12 H 22 O 11 .
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sucrose1

1855–60; < French sucre sugar + -ose 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sucrose1

C19: from French sucre sugar + -ose ²
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White granulated sugar is composed of microscopic, crystalline sucrose molecules.

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Added sugars can also be found on the ingredients list, often labeled as glucose, fructose, maltose or sucrose.

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“When deprived of light and fed a diet of sucrose in fermentation conditions, this algal strain converts that sucrose into fat, lipids, or algal fat – oil,†he said.

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Honey, made from nectar by honeybees, is primarily a mixture of glucose and fructose monosaccharides with some maltose, sucrose and other carbohydrates.

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The concept of water-permeation in small molecules was accepted at the time, but it was unclear if aquaporins could permeate larger molecules, such as sucrose.

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