Glucose
- Created by: siobhan
- Created on: 02-10-13 12:46
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- Glucose
- a hexose sugar with the formula C6H12O6
- also an aldose sugar as it contains COOH (aldehyde) group
- in nature it exists as a pyranose ring
- A monosaccharide- single sugar
- almost all glucose is produced by photosynthesis in plants
- Like all monosaccharides it is soluble and sweet-tasting
- a hexose sugar with the formula C6H12O6
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