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glucose

[gloo-kohs] / ˈglu koʊs /
NOUN
blood sugar
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The enzyme responsible for making sorbitol has a relatively low affinity for glucose.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Under those conditions, unusually high glucose levels can drive the body to produce larger amounts of sorbitol.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Consuming large amounts of glucose can cause the intestine to produce more glucose-derived sorbitol, while consuming large quantities of sorbitol directly can also increase the total load.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

To investigate further, Tharp and his colleagues exposed cells to abundant glucose while growing them under several different conditions.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

When bacteria switched from glucose to lactose consumption, they induced specific lactose-digesting enzymes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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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