Write 2-3 lines about the following
1. Glucose,
2. Fructose and
3. Galactose.
Answers with Explaination is needed
Answers
1. Some points on Glucose:-
➨ It is aburndant in grapes so known as grape sugar.
➨ It is abundant in blood also so known as blood sugar.
➨ It is the main respiratory substance.
2. Some points on Fructose:-
➨ It is the sweetest carbonydrate.
➨ More abundant in honey and sweet fruits so also known as fruit sugar.
➨ Rotates PPL in left or anti-clockwIse direction so it is laevorotatory and also known as Laevulose.
3. Some points on Galactose:-
➨ Most abundant in brain and nervous tissue so called as brain sugar.
➨ It never occurs in free form.
➨ lt Always occurs as a component of some compounds.
Glucose is a simple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6. Glucose is the most abundant ... Unbonded glucose is one of the main ingredients of honey .
Fructose, or fruit sugar, is asimple ketonic monosaccharide found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose.
Galactose sometimes abbreviated Gal, is a monosaccharide sugar that is about as sweet as glucose, and about 65% as sweet as sucrose ..