Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trade-name of the sodium salt of saccharin. See
saccharin , 2. - noun The general name of any crystalline sugar having the formula C12H22O11 which suffers hydrolysis on heating with water or dilute mineral acid, each molecule yielding two molecules of a glucose.
- noun Specifically, the ordinary pure sugar of commerce, obtained from the sugar-cane or sorghum, from the beet-root, and from the sap of a species of maple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See
sucrose .
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- noun biochemistry
sucrose
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- noun a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
Etymologies
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Examples
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These products are: two saturated chains aliphatic hydrocarbons (C33H68 and C35H72), saccharose, two pentacyclic triterpenes of the ursane group (alpha-amyrine, urs-12-ene-3-one), a new polymethoxy flavonoid
Chapter 12 1991
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Nitro-molasses, which is a liquid product, has also been proposed, and nitro-saccharose, the product obtained by the nitration of sugar.
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A new method for the analysis of saccharose and raffinose, when in the presence of inverted sugar, is said to give accurate results.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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Weigh out 20 grammes saccharose and add to the filtrate.
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For example, various sugars -- lactose, glucose, saccharose, &c. -- are added to test the fermentative action of the bacterium on these substances; litmus is added to show changes in reaction, specially standardized media being used for estimating such changes; peptone solution is commonly employed for testing whether or not the bacterium forms indol; sterilized milk is used as a culture medium to determine whether or not it is curdled by the growth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The most important application of inosite-free bouillon is its use in the preparation of sugar bouillons, whether glucose, maltose, lactose, or saccharose, of exact percentage composition.
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Weigh out 20 grammes saccharose and add to the contents of the flask.
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-- In certain cases a corresponding percentage of lactose, maltose, or saccharose is substituted for glucose.
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From this the author concludes that the formation of saccharose from glucose takes place entirely in the leaves under the influence of sunlight, and that the saccharose thereupon ascends the cane through the petioles, etc., and collects there.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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Herbal Dental Gel Peppermint Herbal ingredients such as echinacea, fresh tasting, gentle cleanser with low anise, green tea, clove oil and a sudsing action saccharose ester retard development of tooth decay and plaque-producing Mineral Toothpaste bacteria.
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