glucose
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Distressed vets administered a glucose injection -- the only option, given that the cause of the ailment remains unknown -- to the 11-year-old male, known as Genghis Khan, who was struggling to breathe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Glycolysis is one of the main ways cells convert glucose into usable energy, and the researchers said the shift pointed toward a more flexible and adaptable metabolic state.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
When glucose rises, they respond by producing additional insulin, which helps return blood sugar to a normal range.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
One patient came to me having tracked every metric imaginable—her glucose levels, her heart-rate variability, her biological age—and yet she couldn’t tell me the last time she had been genuinely excited about something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Grain by grain, molecule by molecule, carbohydrate fuel in the form of glucose is fed into this wheel; in its cyclic passage the fuel molecule undergoes fragmentation and a series of minute chemical changes.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Sugars may be divided into two classes,—the sucroses, C12H22O11, and the glucoses, C6H12O6.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
Vocabulary lists containing glucose
Nutrition - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Photosynthesis - High School
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