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Fruit sugar (Fructose)
Fructose (INN: fructose) or fruit sugar is the sweetest type of sugar, found in fruits and honey in its natural form.
Ketohexose, which belongs to monosaccharides, is very common in the free state in both the plant and animal kingdoms. It is found in large quantities in fruit juice and honey, and is also a component of sucrose. Biologically, it is a carbohydrate as important as glucose.
Glucose (Dextrose Monohydrate)
Glucose (usual three-letter abbreviation: GLC) - commonly known as dextrose - is a monosaccharide, more precisely aldohexose.
Its importance in biological processes is fundamental: cells use it as a source of energy and metabolites. Its biosynthesis starts from carbon dioxide and water using photon energy in green plants during photosynthesis. In living organisms, only the D enantiomer of glucose occurs, which is called dextrose. L-glucose is biologically inactive, cells cannot utilize it.
