galactose
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This enzyme enables the bacteria to generate galactose directly from glucose.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
Two major carbohydrate components were studied: fucose and galactose.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2026
Lactose, or milk sugar, is a disaccharide made of two simple sugars – glucose and galactose – in a 1:1 ratio.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2024
Following her illness, Mills was diagnosed with galactosaemia, a rare genetic disorder affecting up to one in 45,000 babies which prevents her body from turning galactose into glucose.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024
Talose is unfermentable, even though the arrangement of its upper three groups is the same as in the galactose and the lower three the same as in mannose.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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