Basics and History Flashcards
What is glucose?
A sugar and the most abundant monosaccharide (subcategory of carbohydrates)
What is the molecular formula of glucose?
C6H12O6
How is glucose mainly made?
Glucose is mainly made by plants and most algae during photosynthesis from water and carbon dioxide, using energy from sunlight, where it is used to make cellulose in cell walls
Glucose for metabolism is stored as a …….
Polymer
Glucose is stored in plants as what?
as starch and amylopectin
Glucose is stored in animals as what?
Glycogen
Which food was Glucose first isolated from in 1747?
raisins
Who was the first scientist to isolate glucose in 1747?
German chemist Andreas Marggraf
How was Glucose discovered again in 1792?
German chemist Johann Tobias Lowitz discovered glucose in grapes.
Who coined the term glucose?
Jean Baptiste Dumas
A basic understanding of glucose’s chemical makeup and structure contributed greatly to what?
a general advancement in organic chemistry
What was the name of the chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his findings about glucose?
Emil Fischer
What theories of Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff were validated by the synthesis of glucose?
theories of chemical kinetics and the arrangements of chemical bonds in carbon-bearing molecules
Why did Otto Meyerhof receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1922?
For the discovery of the metabolism of glucose
