glucose
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Carbon dioxide and water meet in the chloroplasts, where solar energy breaks down their molecules and reassembles them into the sugar glucose plus “a side order of oxygen,” the author writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Rather than relying on a single hormone or digestive process, the effect appears to involve multiple systems working together to control how quickly glucose enters the intestine.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The scientists then measured blood glucose levels and several hormones involved in blood sugar regulation, including insulin, glucagon, GIP, and GLP-1.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
A second group was given olive oil, followed 15 minutes later by glucose.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
She broke out the sugar water to get glucose to the brain.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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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