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
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
Four sugars having the formula C6H12O6, namely, glucose, fructose, mannose, and galactose, occur very commonly and widely distributed in plants.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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