glucose
Diabetes
(Sugar) A simple form of sugar that acts as the body's fuel. It is produced when foods are metabolized in the digestive system and carried by the blood to cells for energy. The amount of glucose in the blood is known as blood glucose level.
A sugar in our blood and a source of energy for our bodies.
Cancer
A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms.
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Biomass
(C6H12O6) A simple six-carbon sugar. A product of the hydrolysis of glucan found in cellulose and starch. A sweet, colorless sugar that is the most common sugar in nature and the sugar most commonly fermented to ethanol.
- — Glossary of Biomass Terms retrieved 2014-06-15