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Glucose   /glˈukˌoʊs/   Listen
Glucose

noun
1.
A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy.



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"Glucose" Quotes from Famous Books



... is a concoction of corn, rice, hops, malt, glucose, preservatives and other drugs—and, in most cases, it has nothing in common with real beer other than its artificial ...
— Government By The Brewers? • Adolph Keitel
... mannite, a hex-acid alcohol closely related to sugar. It occurs abundantly in manna, which is the partly dried sap of the manna-ash (Fraxinus ornus). It is formed in the lactic acid fermentation of sugar, and by the action of nascent hydrogen on glucose and cellulose, or on invert sugar. Its formula is C{6}H{8}(OH){6} and that of nitro-mannite C{6}H{8}(NO{3}){6}. Mannite crystallises in needles or rhombic prisms, which are soluble in water and alcohol, and have a sweet taste. Nitro-mannite forms white needle-shaped ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford
... 1. Preparation. This compound may be prepared from glucose (C{6}H{12}O{6}), a sugar easily obtained from starch. If some baker's yeast is added to a solution of glucose and the temperature is maintained at about 30 deg., bubbles of gas are soon evolved, showing that a change is ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson


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