Dextrorotation is the property of rotating plane polarized light clockwise. Laevorotation is the property of rotating plane polarized light to the left (in contrast to glucose which is dextrorotatory--to the right). ...Laevorotation is the opposite of dextrorotation.

Compounds with these properties are said to have When polarized light is passed through a substance containing chiral molecules (or nonchiral molecules arranged asymmetrically), the direction of polarization can be changed. ...optical activity and consist of Chirality refers to several phenomena, all having to do with objects that differ from their mirror image. ...chiral molecules.

The prefixes D_ or (+)_ and L_ or (_)_ are applied in the naming of a compound. D_Glucose is dextrorotatory.

All In chemistry, an amino acid is any molecule that contains both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. ...amino acids used in biological An overview of protein synthesis. ...protein synthesis are laevorotatory.