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ChEBI Name glucose ChEBI ID CHEBI:17234 Definition An aldohexose used as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:14313, CHEBI:5418, CHEBI:24277, CHEBI:33929 Wikipedia License Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6, which is often abbreviated as Glc. It is overall the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates. It is mainly made by plants and most algae during photosynthesis from water and carbon dioxide, using energy from sunlight. It is used by plants to make cellulose, the most abundant carbohydrate in the world, for use in cell walls, and by all living organisms to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is used by the cell as energy. In energy metabolism, glucose is the most important source of energy in all organisms. Glucose for metabolism is stored as a polymer, in plants mainly as amylose and amylopectin, and in animals as glycogen. Glucose circulates in the blood of animals as blood sugar. The naturally occurring form is d-glucose, while its stereoisomer l-glucose is produced synthetically in comparatively small amounts and is less biologically active. Glucose is a monosaccharide containing six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group, and is therefore an aldohexose. The glucose molecule can exist in an open-chain (acyclic) as well as ring (cyclic) form. Glucose is naturally occurring and is found in its free state in fruits and other parts of plants. In animals, it is released from the breakdown of glycogen in a process known as glycogenolysis. Glucose, as intravenous sugar solution, is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is also on the list in combination with sodium chloride (table salt). The name glucose is derived from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos) 'wine, must', from γλυκύς (glykýs) 'sweet'. The suffix -ose is a chemical classifier denoting a sugar. Read full article at Wikipedia Formula C6H12O6 Net Charge 0 Average Mass 180.15588 Monoisotopic Mass 180.06339 Metabolite of Species Details Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: PubMed Roles Classification Biological Role(s): fundamental metabolite Any metabolite produced by all living cells. View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing glucose (CHEBI:17234) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675) glucose (CHEBI:17234) is a aldohexose (CHEBI:33917) Incoming glucotetraose (CHEBI:147369) has functional parent glucose (CHEBI:17234) glucotriose (CHEBI:146180) has functional parent glucose (CHEBI:17234) thioglucoside (CHEBI:9553) has functional parent glucose (CHEBI:17234) molasses (CHEBI:83163) has part glucose (CHEBI:17234) aldehydo-glucose (CHEBI:37663) is a glucose (CHEBI:17234) D-glucose (CHEBI:17634) is a glucose (CHEBI:17234) L-glucose (CHEBI:37624) is a glucose (CHEBI:17234) glucopyranose (CHEBI:37661) is a glucose (CHEBI:17234) IUPAC Names gluco-hexose glucose Synonyms Sources DL-glucose ChEBI Glc JCBN Glucose KEGG COMPOUND Glukose ChEBI Manual Xrefs Databases C00293 KEGG COMPOUND Glucose Wikipedia View more database links Registry Number Type Source 50-99-7 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND Last Modified 01 April 2020