what is glucose?

Answer 1

Glucose is a type of simple suger or monosaccharide. When the digestive system breaks down a carbohydrate or saccharide, it leaves monosaccharides. Glucose, Fructose and Lactose are all examples of monosaccharides.

Answer 2

Glucose is essentially SUGAR. Glucose levels are checked in the blood to see if someone has Diabetes. Diabetes is a condition where something in the body happens and it cannot let sugar come inside of the cell. That key that is suppose to let the glucose molecule in is called insulin. Insulin is manufactured by an organ in the body called the pancreas.

Answer 3

Sugar in the blood used for energy.
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A naturally occurring sugar found in fruits and honey.
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A sugar that is present in the blood that is the body's main source of fuel.
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Glucose is normally the only sugar found in the blood. Blood glucose concentrations are kept within a relatively narrow range by such factors as hepatic and renal uptake and release, glucose removal by peripheral tissues, hormone influences on uptake and release, and intestinal absorption. The only endogenous sources of glucose are the liver and kidneys which convert glucose-6-phosphate to glucose. Insulin is the main hormone that affects glucose blood levels.
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Answer 4

Glucose (Glc), a monosaccharide (or simple sugar), is the most important carbohydrate in biology. The cell uses it as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. Glucose is one of the main products of photosynthesis and starts cellular respiration in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The name comes from the Greek word glykos (γλυκός), which means "sweet", plus the suffix "-ose" which denotes a carbohydrate.

Glucose(C6H12O6) contains six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group and is therefore referred to as an aldohexose. The glucose molecule can exist in an open-chain (acyclic) and ring (cyclic) form (in equilibrium), the latter being the result of an intramolecular reaction between the aldehyde C atom and the C-5 hydroxyl group to form an intramolecular hemiacetal. In water solution both forms are in equilibrium, and at pH 7 the cyclic one is the predominant. As the ring contains five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, which resembles the structure of pyran, the cyclic form of glucose is also referred to as glucopyranose. In this ring, each carbon is linked to an hydroxyl side group with the exception of the fifth atom, which links to a sixth carbon atom outside the ring, forming a CH2OH group.

Answer 5

C 6 H 12 O 6 or basically a very simple sugar. used by plants and animals as the source of energy for basic cell metabolism

Answer 6

Glucose is a TYPE of sugar. It is made up of two other types of sugars: fructose and sucrose

Answer 7

glucose is a fancy term for sugar

Answer 8

C6H12O6 Sugar

Answer 9

glucose is another word for sugar. =]

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Answer 10

a type of sugar that ur body uses 4 energy