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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

Another enzyme produced by the bacteria, known as arabinose isomerase, then converts the galactose into tagatose.

From Science Daily Jan. 13, 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

Arabic acid has the formula C23H38O22, and one molecule of this acid serves as the nucleus for the union of eight galactose and four arabinose groups, linked together in some unknown way.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred




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