Showing posts with label Glucose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glucose. Show all posts

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.