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galactose

[guh-lak-tohs] / gəˈlæk toʊs /


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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

Another enzyme produced by the bacteria, known as arabinose isomerase, then converts the galactose into tagatose.

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

But most of the natural gums yield a mixture of galactose, some pentose, and some complex organic acid.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher


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