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Glucose is very important source. This is because, your brain can use glucose only as a source of energy. Rest of the body can manage without the glucose. Fortunately you get much more glucose from your food than required by your body. Glucose being the primary product of photosynthesis.
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A simple sugar such as glucose is classified as?
A simple sugar like glucose is classified as a monosaccharide. Monosaccharides are the simplest form of carbohydrates, composed of a single sugar unit. Glucose is an important source of energy for living organisms.
What is the definition of glucose?
Glucose is a building block for carbohydrates. When digestion occurs, the carbohydrates breaks down into glucose where it is carried into the blood stream and to the cells and tissues to be used as energy.
Does glucose have single or double bonds?
Glucose has single bonds between its carbon atoms.
What is a single glucose called?
glucose is a sugar simple sugars like glucose are called monosaccharides mono = one saccharide = sugar
Where does an organism store energy?
A small amount of energy is stored in the cells. For animals the major energy store are the fat reserves and for plants the major energy stores is starch. Single celled creatures use glucose.
What is the structural differences between glucose and starch?
Glucose is a monosaccharide (simple sugar) having the formula C6H12O6. D-glucose has 5OH, 1H and 1O functional groups. Starch is polymer of Glucose. It is made of many Glucose molecules attached by Glycosidic bonds. The formula is (C6H10O5)n, where n represents number of substitutions.
What monosaccharide is important for producing energy?
A monosaccharide is a single sugar or a simple sugar molecule. Examples are glucose, fructose, galactose and ribose. The chemical formula for a monosaccharide is (CH2O)n where n varies from 3 to 9. The most important monosaccharides are either hexoses or pentoses. Hexoses are sugars which have 6 carbon atoms in the molecule ie n=6 in the above formula. Examples are glucose and fructose. Pentoses are sugars which have 5 carbon atoms in the molecule ie n=5 in the formula. Examples are ribose (found in RNA) and deoxyribose (found in DNA). See http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Carbohydrates.html
Why is single issue important to ensure an effective pressure group?
All the groups energy is in it to pass the single issue.
Is glucose a monomer?
Yes. You are right. Glucose is a monomer. Because it is a single molecule.
Why is it efficent for cells to keep only small supply of ATP on hand?
A single molecule energy of the sugar glucose stores more than 90 times the chemical energy of a molecule of ATP.
Why is it efficient for cell to keep only small supply of ATP on hand?
A single molecule energy of the sugar glucose stores more than 90 times the chemical energy of a molecule of ATP.
What do you make when 2 single sugars are joined together?
When two single sugars are joined together, they form a disaccharide. Examples include sucrose (glucose + fructose), lactose (glucose + galactose), and maltose (glucose + glucose).
