HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Glucose, sometimes referred to as dextrose or blood sugar, is the most abundant monosaccharide but, on its own, represents only a very small amount of the carbohydrate consumed in the typical diet. Instead, glucose is usually consumed when it is linked to other sugars as part of a di-or polysaccharide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6. Glucose is overall the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common form of glucose is d-glucose. It is naturally occurring and thus more abundant than the artificially synthesized l-glucose.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glucose is classified as a monosaccharide because it cannot be broken down further by hydrolysis. It is further classified as a hexose because of its six-carbon skeleton and as an aldose, because of the presence of an aldehyde group on carbon 1.