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corn sugar
a dextrose made from cornstarch -
dextran
a polysaccharide produced by the action of bacteria on sucrose: used as a substitute for plasma in blood transfusions -
diastase
any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse starch to maltose. They are present in germinated barley and in the pancreas -
glucose
a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring. -
grape sugar
dextrose. -
sorbitol
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.