L: A
carbohydrate
that has the same stereocenter
absolute
configuration at the second-to-last carbon in its chain (in acyclic
form) as (S)-glyceraldehyde
(also called L-glyceraldehyde).
Note that when 'L'
is used to denote carbohydrate
relative
configuration, it is of a smaller font
than the name of the carbohydrate.
