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: Did you mean Levulose? "... Levulose [has] a natural taste similar to that of sugar but more mellowed." from [[http://diabeticsdezire.com/faq.html http://diabeticsdezire.com/faq.html]] [[User:Monkeyman|Monkeyman]] 01:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) |
: Did you mean Levulose? "... Levulose [has] a natural taste similar to that of sugar but more mellowed." from [[http://diabeticsdezire.com/faq.html http://diabeticsdezire.com/faq.html]] [[User:Monkeyman|Monkeyman]] 01:52, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) |
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I don't think that that's actually mirror-dextrose, from the description. I would expect mirror-dextrose to have zero caloric content but it might be sweet; I have no idea. --[[User:Aarchiba|Andrew]] 02:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC) |
I don't think that that's actually mirror-dextrose, from the description. I would expect mirror-dextrose to have zero caloric content but it might be sweet; I have no idea. --[[User:Aarchiba|Andrew]] 02:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC) |
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: The left-handed monosaccharides are similar in taste to their natural counterparts, but cannot be metabolized. The sweetness receptor does not appear to be specific to any particular compound, but rather to recognize a broad range of compounds, so the fact that mirror saccharides are sweet is not terribly surprising. [[User:Shimmin|Shimmin]] 21:13, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC) |
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Dextrose comes in left- and right-handed enantiomers; only the right-handed version can be metabolized. Does the left-handed version (levose?) taste sweet?
I don't think that that's actually mirror-dextrose, from the description. I would expect mirror-dextrose to have zero caloric content but it might be sweet; I have no idea. --Andrew 02:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
