glucose
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Along with her mother Karen, Ava-Grace monitors Paul's blood glucose levels, gives him medication and helps with dinner and jobs around the house.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Distressed vets administered a glucose injection -- the only option, given that the cause of the ailment remains unknown -- to the 11-year-old male, known as Genghis Khan, who was struggling to breathe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
After a meal, it’s where most of the sugar, or glucose, in our blood is sent.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
The treated mice also showed improved glucose and insulin tolerance.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
In fact, since 1985 our consumption of all sugars—cane, beet, HFCS, glucose, honey, maple syrup, whatever—has climbed from 126 pounds to 139 pounds per person.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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Sugars may be divided into two classes,—the sucroses, C12H22O11, and the glucoses, C6H12O6.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
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