galactose

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This enzyme enables the bacteria to generate galactose directly from glucose.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Two major carbohydrate components were studied: fucose and galactose.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 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

It is soluble in water to an indefinite extent; boiled with dilute sulphuric acid it is converted into the sugar galactose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various