adjective
definition
(of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise.
example
Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.
Examples of dextrorotatory in a Sentence
They are dextrorotatory, and the specific rotation is numerically greater than that of albumin; hence the proteids are, in general, dextrorotatory.
Aconitine (C33H45N013, according to Dunstan; C34H47NOH, according to Freund) is a crystalline base, soluble in alcohol, but very sparingly in water; its alcoholic solution is dextrorotatory, but its salts are laevorotatory.
It is dextrorotatory in aqueous or alkaline solution, and laevo-rotatory in acid solution.
It rotates the plane of polarized light both to right and left in varying degrees according to its sources, the American product being dextrorotatory and the French laevorotatory.