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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

sucrose , commonest of the sugars, a white, crystalline solid disaccharide (see carbohydrate ) with a sweet taste, melting and decomposing at 186°C to form caramel. It is known commonly as cane sugar, beet sugar, or maple sugar, depending upon its natural source. It has the same empirical formula (C 12 H 22 O 11 ) as lactose and maltose but differs from both in structure (see isomer ). Hydrolysis of sucrose yields D-glucose and D-fructose; the process is called inversion and the sugar mixture produced is known as invert sugar because, although sucrose itself rotates plane-polarized light to the right, the mixture "inverts" this light by rotating it to the left. Sucrose is obtained from the "juice" of sugarcane or the sugar beet and from the sap of the sugar maple. The cane or beets are crushed, and the juice, after treatment with lime to neutralize acids, is evaporated in vacuum pans that permit the process to be carried out at relatively low temperatures. The brownish liquid obtained, called molasses, evaporates further, leaving the sugar, brownish in color, which is dissolved in water, treated with animal charcoal to remove the color resulting from the presence of impurities, and recrystallized.

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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

sucrose (cane sugar; beet sugar; saccharose) A sugar comprising one molecule of glucose linked to a fructose molecule. It occurs widely in plants and is particularly abundant in sugar cane and sugar beet (15–20%), from which it is extracted and refined for table sugar. If heated to 200°C, sucrose becomes caramel.
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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

sucrose (sewk-rohz) n. a carbohydrate consisting of glucose and fructose. It is the principal constituent of cane sugar and sugar beet. The increasing consumption of sucrose in the last 50 years has coincided with an increase in the incidence of dental caries, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and obesity.
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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

sucrose (C12H22O11) Common, white, crystalline sugar, a disaccharide sugar consisting of linked glucose and fructose molecules. It occurs in many plants, but its principal commercial sources are sugar cane and sugar beet. It is widely used for food sweetening and making preserves.
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sucrose

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

su·crose / ˈsoōˌkrōs/ • n. Chem. a compound, C12H22O11, that is the chief component of cane or beet sugar.

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

sucrose A disaccharide, composed of fructose and glucose, which is a common storage and transport sugar in plants. It is known commercially as cane or beet sugar.
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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

sucrose A disaccharide, composed of fructose and glucose, which is a common storage and transport sugar in plants. It is known commercially as cane or beet sugar.
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

sucrose Cane or beet sugar. A disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

sucrose •appose, arose, Bose, brose, chose, close, compose, diagnose, doze, enclose, expose, foreclose, froze, hose, impose, interpose, juxtapose, Montrose, noes, nose, oppose, plainclothes, pose, propose, prose, rose, suppose, those, transpose, underexpose, uprose •Berlioz • flambeaux • thrombose •bandeaux • bulldoze • fricandeaux •metamorphose • pantyhose • glucose •gallows, Hallowes •tableaux • parclose • Fellows •bedclothes • nightclothes • rouleaux •underclothes • misdiagnose •Ambrose • dextrose • Faeroes •primrose • cornrows • sucrose •Burroughs • tuberose •bateaux, gateaux, plateaux •portmanteaux • fructose

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