| Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6, which is often abbreviated as Glc. It is overall the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates. It is mainly made by plants and most algae during photosynthesis from water and carbon dioxide, using energy from sunlight. It is used by plants to make cellulose, the most abundant carbohydrate in the world, for use in cell walls, and by all living organisms to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is used by the cell as energy.
In energy metabolism, glucose is the most important source of energy in all organisms. Glucose for metabolism is stored as a polymer, in plants mainly as amylose and amylopectin, and in animals as glycogen. Glucose circulates in the blood of animals as blood sugar. The naturally occurring form is d-glucose, while its stereoisomer l-glucose is produced synthetically in comparatively small amounts and is less biologically active. Glucose is a monosaccharide containing six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group, and is therefore an aldohexose. The glucose molecule can exist in an open-chain (acyclic) as well as ring (cyclic) form. Glucose is naturally occurring and is found in its free state in fruits and other parts of plants. In animals, it is released from the breakdown of glycogen in a process known as glycogenolysis.
Glucose, as intravenous sugar solution, is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is also on the list in combination with sodium chloride (table salt).
The name glucose is derived from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos) 'wine, must', from γλυκύς (glykýs) 'sweet'. The suffix -ose is a chemical classifier denoting a sugar. |
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Mus musculus
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Escherichia coli
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Homo sapiens
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Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
fundamental metabolite
Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
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D-Glc
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ChEBI
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D-Glcp
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ChEBI
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D-glucose
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UniProt
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D-Glucose
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KEGG COMPOUND
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Dextrose
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KEGG COMPOUND
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Glc-OH
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ChEBI
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glucose
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ChEBI
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Glucose
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KEGG COMPOUND
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Grape sugar
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KEGG COMPOUND
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WURCS=2.0/1,1,0/[a2122h-1x_1-5]/1/
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GlyTouCan
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1281604
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Reaxys Registry Number
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Reaxys
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2280-44-6
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ChemIDplus
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83256
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Gmelin Registry Number
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Gmelin
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