galactose
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The researchers discovered that intelectin-2 from both humans and mice can bind to a sugar molecule called galactose.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026
This enzyme enables the bacteria to generate galactose directly from glucose.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
Following her illness, Mills was diagnosed with galactosaemia, a rare genetic disorder affecting up to one in 45,000 babies which prevents her body from turning galactose into glucose.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024
All mammals, including humans, make milk with carbohydrates in the same unique form: lactose, a sugar that is a fusion of two other sugars called galactose and glucose.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022
On hydrolysis, it yields 2 molecules of glucose, 2 of galactose, and one of digitogenin.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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