| Word | Description |
| D | Obsolete prefix which indicates dextrorotatory. It is now replaced by (+). |
| D | A prefix to chemical names, especially sugars and amino acids, indicating their structure. If the first hydroxyl group of a sugar has been on the same side as the alcohol group, it has been the D-form, on opposite sides it is the L-form. Both L and D- g |
| D-araboascorbic Acid | Ascorbic acid. |
| Dadhi | Milks, fermented. |
| Damson | Refers to small dark-blue plum, Prunus damascena. Analysis per 100g : protein 0.5 g, water 70g, carbohydrate 8.6g, kcal 34 (0.14MJ). Fe 0.4 mg, vitamin B1 o, 1 mg, nicotinic acid 0.25 mg. |
| Dandelion Greens | Refers to the leaves of the weed. Leontodon tarxacum, used sometimes as a salad. Analysis per 100g; protein 2.4 g, fat 0.6 g, Ca 135 mg, Fe 2.8 mg, kcal 40 (0.17MJ), carotene 3000g. Vitamin B1 017mg, vitamin B2 0.13 mg, nicotinic acid 0.7 mg, vitamin C |
| Dark Adaptation | Refers to the change that takes place in the retina of the eye to assist vision in dim light. In dark adaptation a pigment, visual purple or rhodopsin, is formed from retinal (vitamin A aldehyde) and a protein. This is bleached in bright light. When bo |
| Dasheen | West Indian name for taro. |
| Date-pulm | Persimmon |
| Date | Refers to fruit of date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, known as far back as 3000 B.C. Three types; soft (about 80% of dry matter is inver sugars); 'semi-dry' about 40% of dry matter is invert sugars and about 40% is sucrose): dry (20-40% of dry matter is inv |
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