The simple sugar that is the chief source of energy. Glucose is found in the blood and is the main sugar that the body manufactures. The body makes glucose from all three elements of food'protein, fats, and carbohydrates'but the largest amount of glucose derives from carbohydrates. Glucose serves as the major source of energy for living c [..]

A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms.

Simple six-carbon sugar. The chemical formula for glucose is C6H12O6.

[Gk. glykys, sweet] A six-carbon sugar (C6H12O6); the most common monosaccharide in animals.

A major source of energy for human function. During the digestive process, carbohydrates break down into this sugar. It is then carried through the bloodstream to the body’s cells where it is converte [..]

name of a group of sugars (in commercial use, "sugar-syrup from starch"), 1840, from French glucose (1838), said to have been coined by French professor Eugène Melchior Péligot (1811-1890) f [..]

"simple sugar" chemical produced by many plants during photosynthesis.

simple sugar, and the primary product of photosynthesis. It is polymerized to make cellulose and chitin.

A simple sugar or monosaccharide that serves as a major fuel source for cells.

a simple six-carbon sugar produced by photosynthesis. An energy source for both plants and animals; it breaks down from ingested carbohydrates. Cellulose and chitin contain it.

This is the body's primary source of energy. It is a sugar that is derived from metabolizing carbohydrates, and is easily converted into energy.

Six-carbon monosaccharide; one of the most abundant simple sugars. It is the building block of both cellulose and starch and is important to several metabolic pathways. glumes

This simple sugar is the body's main fuel.

A type of sugar found in honey and corn syrup, which is generally used to help stop sucrose from crystallizing when making caramel and sweets.

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A simple sugar found in the blood, all of carbohydrate and part of fat can be changed by the body into glucose. It is the body's main source of energy; also known as dextrose.

The simplest carbohydrate in the body (a monosaccharide or "single sugar"). It may be oxidised aerobically to carbon dioxide and water, or anaerobically to lactic acid. It is the sole source of energy for the nervous system. It may be converted into glycogen or fat.

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a simple sugar that is the primary product of photosynthesis

The major carbohydrate in starch and fruit sugar. The latter is also known as sucrose and contains fructose with every glucose molecule.

An important sugar molecule used by the body and brain for energy.

A white crystalline sugar occurring widely in nature.

 a six carbon sugar.

a type of sugar made by plants and other autotrophs

A hexose sugar and the product of photosynthesis. It is one of the main sources of chemical energy used in cellular respiration. Animals get glucose from the food they eat; plants create it via photos [..]

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A sugar which occurs naturally in grapes, hone, sweet fruits and in cane juice and sugar products. It can also be made from wheat. In the human body, sucrose is converted into glucose and fructose bef [..]

simple sugar into which all carbohydrates are broken down in the body to produce energy. Golgi apparatus (body)

A simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.

one of the simplest forms of sugar.

The most common form of this sugar is dextroglucose, a naturally occurring form commonly referred to as dextrose (also called corn sugar  and grape sugar ). This form of glucose has many sources including grape juice, certain Jamaican vegetables and Jamaican honey. It has about half the sweetening power of regular sugar. Because it doesn't cry [..]

Monosaccharide sugar originating in plants and used in animals to carry energy throughout the body, just as sucrose is the main carrier of energy throughout the plant. It is prepared industrially by the hydrolysis of starch. (See Sucrose). Glucose syrup:

A simple sugar (or monosaccharide) that cannot be broken down into any smaller carbohydrate. It is commonly found throughout nature, and is necessary for many biological functions. It has only 70-80 p [..]

(n) a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy

A simple sugar that is the body's main source of energy.

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(GLU-kos) Glucose is a major source of energy for our bodies and a building block for many carbohydrates [see definition]. The food digestion process breaks down carbohydrates in foods and drinks into glucose. After digestion, glucose is carried in the blood and goes to body cells where it is used for energy or stored.

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When you eat, your body turns the food into a sugar called glucose. Like gas for a car, glucose provides fuel for your cells. How does it get to the cells? It's carried to them by the bloodstream [..]

Six-carbon monosaccharide (sugar) that is the primary metabolic fuel in most cells. The large glucose polymers, glycogen and starch, are used to store energy in animal cells and plant cells, respectiv [..]

(C6H12O6) A simple six-carbon sugar. A sweet, colorless sugar that is the most common sugar in nature and the sugar most commonly fermented to ethanol.

a six-carbon sugar which plays a major role in the generation of energy for living organisms.

A simple sugar made up of a single sugar molecule and is found in fruit, honey, vegetables, table sugar (sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Note: Table sugar (sucrose) and HFCS are both mad [..]

A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in Fruits and other parts of Plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacem [..]

Serves as the glycosyl donor for formation of bacterial glycogen, Amylose in Green Algae, and Amylopectin in higher Plants.

Glucose in Blood.

Self Evaluation of whole Blood Glucose levels outside the clinical Laboratory. A digital or battery-operated reflectance meter may be used. It has wide application in controlling unstable Insulin-depe [..]

A key intermediate in Carbohydrate Metabolism. Serves as a precursor of glycogen, can be metabolized into UDPGalactose and UDPGlucuronic Acid which can then be incorporated into polysaccharides as Gal [..]

Blood sugar. Glucose, the main source of fuel for the body, is formed when foods are broken down in the digestive system. After digestion, glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream and then used for cell growth and energy. See Related Term(s): Diabetes, Hyperglycemia, Insulin Resistance

A common sugar, one of many with the chemical formula C6O6H12 but different three-dimensional structures. It is not the simplest of all sugars (that honour belongs to glyceraldehyde, C3O3H6), but glucose is the fundamental building block of many biopolymers, including starch and cellulose, and is the starting material for the serious biochemical re [..]

A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacem [..]

A simple sugar that is one of the body's main sources of energy.

A sugar that is the simplest form of carbohydrate. It is commonly referred to as blood sugar. The body breaks down carbohydrates in foods into glucose, which serves as the primary fuel for the muscles and the brain.

also, dextrose. A natural sugar found in fruits, vegetables, honey and other products.

also, dextrose. A natural sugar found in fruits, vegetables, honey and other products.

A simple sugar (monosaccharide) that the body converts directly into energy; blood levels of glucose are regulated by several hormones, including insulin.

Glucose (also known as Dextrose, D-Glucose or Grape Sugar) is a Monosaccharide Sugar found in plants where it is the primary product of photosynthesis. The name "glucose" comes from [..]

Isolated, fructose is approximately twice as sweet as glucose. In wine, a higher fructose concentration will result in a heightened sweetness threshold. Gassy:

C6H12O6; dextrose.

See blood glucose.

A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms.

1. A simple, six-carbon sugar. 2. A product of hydrolysis of glucan found in cellulose and starch. 3. A sweet, colorless sugar that is the most common sugar in nature and the sugar most commonly fermented to ethanol.

A simple sugar, and the primary product of photosynthesis. It is polymerized to make cellulose and chitin.

A simple sugar or monosaccharide.

An optically active sugar C6

The major sugar in the body and a key molecule in energy metabolism.

Also dextroglucose and called dextrose; commonly found in grapes, corn starch and honey and is about 30% as sweet as sucrose (sugar).

blood sugar that is used by cells as a source of energy.

a simple sugar that supplies the body with energy. gram-negative organisms

A simple carbohydrate that is a monosaccharide. Also called dextrose or grape sugar.

A form of sugar made by digestion of carbohydrates. Absorbed into the bloodstream where it circulates and is used for energy.

Blood sugar. Manufactured by the body from carbohydrates, protein, and fat, glucose is the main source of energy for all living organisms.

A building block for most carbohydrates. Digestion causes carbohydrates to break down into glucose. After digestion, glucose is carried in the blood and goes to body cells where it is used for energy or stored.