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Dextrose

• The word dextrose comes from the Latin word dexter meaning "on the right"
  
  
• Dextrose is the old word for the most common and naturally occurring isomer of glucose called d-glucose.
  
  
• D-glucose, or dextrose, is an optically active isomer able to rotate plane-polarised light to the right, hence the name dextrose.
  
  
• As with glucose, dextrose is also referred to as both grape and corn sugar.
  
  
• D50 is a 50% w/v dextrose solution used used in emergency care to treat hypoglycemia and to manage coma of unknown origin.
  
  
• Synonyms for dextrose are D-Glucose; Anhydrous dextrose; Cartose; Cerelose; Corn sugar; D-(+)-Glucose; Dextropur; Dextrose; Dextrosol; Glucolin; Grape sugar; Sugar, grape; a-d-glucose; component of Kadalex; D-Glucose, anhydrous; Dextrose, anhydrous; GLUCOSE (D); Sirup; Glucose, anhydrous; Glucose liquid.