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Glucose

Glucose is an aldohexose with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆.

Definitions in the literature

• an aldohexose, the most abundant monosaccharide; it is a component of many disaccharides, such as lactose and sucrose, and of polysaccharides, such as cellulose, starch, and glycogen [1].
• the most common monosaccharide, with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂O₆; most polysaccharides, including cellulose, starch, and glycogen, are made of glucose subunits covalently bonded together [2].
• A white crystalline sugar, C₆H₁₂O₆, occurring widely in nature. Like other monosaccharides, glucose is optically active: most naturally occurring glucose is dextrorotatory. Glucose and its derivatives are crucially important in the energy metabolism of living organisms [3].