A 'simple sugar' or monosaccharide, glucose is a basal sugar structure. The word is based on the Greek glukos, 'sweet' and 'ose' a universal suffix meaning 'sugar', a good way of identifying this class of compound. Glucose is commonly known as dextrose monohydrate in the food industry. Glucose is a major metabolite in the body, used in protein production and as a precursor for ascorbic acid production. Glucose is also a primary part of sorbitol, the sugar alternative combined with sorbic acid. |
Examples of Glucose:
Consumer products: Glucose enriched sweets and foods. Cellulose, a common non digestible organic product, is based on a glucose structure. Starch production is based on glucose. Sucrose is a combination of the fruit sugar, Fructose, with glucose. Polysaccharides are glucose polymers. https://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/543glucose.html https://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Organic/sugar.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose |
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![]() Glucose metabolism and various forms of it in the process. -Glucose-containing compounds and isomeric forms are digested and taken up by the body in the intestines, including starch, glycogen, disaccharides and monosaccharides. -Glucose is stored in mainly the liver and muscles as glycogen. -It is distributed and utilized in tissues as free glucose. |
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