Dulcite - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: dulciteMelampyrin
The saccharine substance dulcite so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat Melampyrum See Dulcite...
Dulcite
A white sugarlike substance C6H8OH2 occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar and in certain plants and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar...
Isodulcite
A white crystalline sugarlike substance obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols dulcite mannite etc and the glucoses...
mannitol
A white crystalline hexose HOCH2CHOH4CH2OH of a sweet taste obtained from a so called manna the dried sap of the flowering ash Fraxinus ornus called also mannite and hydroxy hexane Cf Dulcite It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids It is also used as a food additive for anti caking properties or as a sweetener and illegally to cut dilute illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin...
Mucic
Pertaining to or derived from gums and micilaginous substances specif denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums dulcite etc as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid...
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