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Ah, but glucose can be oxidized by burning. It is quite possible to melt glucose, and ignite it. Why woudn't you want that to happen inside your body? Do you have a boiler in your abdomen? an ignition chamber perhaps?--You do not.
Chemical oxidation is the most efficient way an organism can get useful energy out of a reduced compound like glucose, but it is by no means the only way to oxidize it.
What else can I help you with?
When coal is burned is matter transformed increased decreased or destroyed?
When coal is burned, matter is not destroyed, but rather transformed. The coal is oxidized and undergoes chemical reactions to produce heat, carbon dioxide, and other byproducts. The total mass of the matter remains the same before and after burning.
What is the electrode potential of aluminium?
The standard electrode potential of aluminum is -1.66 V. This means that in a standard electrochemical cell, aluminum tends to be oxidized (lose electrons) rather than reduced.
Is Lysol a mixture or compound?
Lysol is a mixture because it is composed of multiple different chemicals that are physically combined, rather than chemically bonded together.
How many subunits does glucose have?
It has only one. We refer to subunits when we talk about polymers, which long molecules made up of joined monomers, rather like a necklace made of many beads. The beads are the subunits. Glucose is not a polymer, it is a monomer. Amylose, one of the constituents of starch,is made of at least a thousand glucose subunits.
Why are polymer forms of starch and glycogen utilized as storage forms of glucose by living cells rather than an equivalent amount of free glucose?
Glucose is osmotically actice since it is soluble. This increases the water content inside the cell, the cell eventually burst. Since glycogen and starch are insoluble it is better to convert glucose to starch (in plants) or glycogen (in animals).
Explain why glucose and other food in your body must be oxidized chemically by metabolic reactions rather than oxidized by burning like wood on a fire?
Because oxidizing a molecule can only be done chemically. There isn't anyother way because our bodies only supply the tools (dehydrogenase, an enzyme and NAD+, a coenzyme) to have it done chemically. Are bodies arent able to make tiny fires to oxidize a glucose molecule.
When was I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning created?
I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning was created in 1995.
When coal is burned is matter transformed increased decreased or destroyed?
When coal is burned, matter is not destroyed, but rather transformed. The coal is oxidized and undergoes chemical reactions to produce heat, carbon dioxide, and other byproducts. The total mass of the matter remains the same before and after burning.
What is the approximate efficiency of cellular respiration for a mutant organism that produces only 29 moles of ATP for every mole of glucose oxidized rather than the usual 36 - 38 moles of ATP?
The efficiency of cellular respiration is typically around 38 ATP per glucose molecule. For a mutant organism producing only 29 ATP per glucose, the efficiency would be reduced by around 24%. This means it is less efficient at converting the energy in glucose into usable ATP molecules.
Why is it necessary for glucose to be pumped into the cell rather than diffusing in?
Glucose cannot pass through a phospholipid bilayer by simple diffusion.
Why you consume starch rather than glucose?
Starch is made up by glucose.We consume plant products.Plant store glucose as starch.
Why do athletes drink solutions of glucose rather then solutions of sucrose?
Glucose can be more quickly metabolized, as sucrose is composed of glucose and fructose and must be broken down into simple sugars first.
Glucose is NOT made from?
Glucose is not made from fats, but rather from carbohydrates, specifically through the process of photosynthesis in plants or glycogenolysis in animals.
Why earth is a mixture rather than a compound?
Earth is a mixture because it contain many different substance that are not chemically bonded together and so remain chemically and even visibly distinct from one another.
Which one of these applies to the enzyme glucokinase?
It specifically phosphorylates glucose, rather than other sugars.
Why is a substance considered pure?
Water is pure substance because it is two elements chemically combined, rather than just mixed.
Why can hydrochlorothiazide reduce glucose tolerance?
Hydrochlorothiazide inhibits islet beta cells releasing insulin. Such can increase the blood glucose and reduce glucose tolerance, resulting in aggravating diabetes. So it is rather serious to use this medicine on patients with hypertension and diabetes.
