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/ˈsukɹoʊs/ · noun
(biochemistry) A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar..
There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products.
Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane.
Use sucrose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sucrose means (biochemistry) A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar..
Common synonyms include saccharose.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products.
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