Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Glucose

Glucose exists in different forms. You need to know the straight chain form, alpha-D glucose and Beta- D-glucose:








Glucose is a monosaccharide. monosaccharides can condense together in the presence of the appropriate enzymes to form disaccharides and polysaccharides: For example sucrose is formed from glucose and fructose. The link between them is known as the glycosidic link.






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