sucrose
pronunciation
How to pronounce sucrose in British English:
UK [ˈsu:krəʊz]
How to pronounce sucrose in American English:
US [ˈsukroʊs]
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- Noun:
- a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
Word Origin
- sucrose (n.)
- "cane-sugar, white crystalline sugar used as a sweetener," 1857, from French sucre "sugar" (see sugar (n.)) + chemical suffix -ose (2).
Example
- 1. Sugars , especially sucrose , react with bacteria to produce acid .
- 2. Table sugar is crystallized sucrose , a fusion of one fructose and one glucose molecule .
- 3. But the high sucrose content of orange juice attacks the enamel on your teeth and can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes .
- 4. She and lee used high-performance liquid chromatography to see if sucrose was sucrose both before and after " melting . "
- 5. Their calorie mainly comes from sucrose forming the bulk of the sugars in tubers , accounting for more than 69 % of the total sugars .