Sunday, January 16, 2011
Glucose And Its Effects On Diabetic Metabolic Homeostasis
Video made by Chris Bryson, Constantinos Gioiulekas, Julia Goodman, Annie Wilcox Glucose provides energy to start the metabolic process. It is a monosaccharide that is used for ATP production. Glucose is a carbohydrate obtained from food. The starch in food is broken down in stages by the enzymes amylase and maltase into 6 glucose monomers. Then monomers then in turn are used to create the ATP. In the presence of oxygen, glucose is used for aerobic metabolism. Glucose
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