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galactose

[guh-lak-tohs] / gəˈlæk toʊs /


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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

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

All mammals, including humans, make milk with carbohydrates in the same unique form: lactose, a sugar that is a fusion of two other sugars called galactose and glucose.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022

The sugar which constitutes the alcoholic portion of their structure appears to be galactose in every case which has been reported.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher


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