2006-11-09 05:27:28 · 4 answers · asked by sanu 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
D-glucose (or just glucose, or dextrose) is the "normal" carbohydrate that biochemistry uses as both energy and as a building block for starches, cellulose etc.
L-glucose is it's "non-superimposable mirror image". It is the left-handed version of glucose (if you can accept the notion that it is "right handed"
L-glucose plays no biochemical role that I know of.
2006-11-09 05:36:14 · answer #1 · answered by fucose_man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is that epimer of glucose where the -OH group occurs on lefthand side at any position of C .
it is by convention...&& Not "laveorotatory.....cz l glucose stands for laveorotatory glucose...."
they are case sensitive..
2006-11-10 13:35:11 · answer #2 · answered by dincpurple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
L-glucose means Laevo-glucose. It is one of the two optical isomers of glucose, the other one being Dextro-glucose.
Dextro-glucose is metabolically active, whereas Laevo-glucose is not.
2006-11-09 13:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by sharat_vishwanath 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a type of monosaccharide or sugar .
2006-11-10 17:35:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋