galactose
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This enzyme enables the bacteria to generate galactose directly from glucose.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 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
They are aggregates of monoses of the various types, chiefly mannose, galactose, dextrose, &c., so far as they have been investigated.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
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