dextrorotatory
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Meaning
- adjective That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.
Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.
Similar words
clockwise dextrorotary right-handed isomer enantiomer dextrorotatary dextro dextrogyre levorotatory laevorotatory
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