Medical Definition of L-sorbose

1. A very sweet reducing, but not fermentable, 2-ketohexose obtained from the berries of the mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia (family Rosaceae), and from sorbitol by fermentation with Acetobacter suboxydans; l-sorbose is epimeric with d-fructose and is used in the manufacture of vitamin C. Synonym: sorbin, sorbinose, sorbitose. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of L-sorbose

L-L factor
L-mandelate dehydrogenase
L-methionine gamma-lyase
L-P
L-phase variants
L-phenylglycine-AMP ligase
L-plate
L-radiation
l-rhamnose
L-rhamnose isomerase
L-ribose reductase
L-ribulosephosphate 4-epimerase
l-selectin
l-serine dehydratase
L-shaped
l-sorbose (current term)
L-sorbose-(acceptor) 5-oxidoreductase
L-sorbose-1-phosphate reductase
L-sorbosone dehydrogenase
l-stercobilinogen
L-tartrate decarboxylase
L-tartrate dehydratase
L-tyrosine ammonia-lyase
L-xylulose reductase
l-xylulosuria
L. M. Montgomery
L. monocytogenes
L. Ron Hubbard
L. S. Lowry
L/S ratio

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