glucose 6-phosphate

glucose /glu·cose/ (gloo´kōs)

1. a six-carbon aldose occurring as the d- form and found as a free monosaccharide in fruits and other plants or combined in glucosides and di-, oligo-, and polysaccharides. It is the end product of carbohydrate metabolism, and is the chief source of energy for living organisms, its utilization being controlled by insulin. Excess glucose is converted to glycogen and stored in the liver and muscles for use as needed and, beyond that, is converted to fat and stored as adipose tissue. Glucose appears in the urine in diabetes mellitus. In pharmaceuticals, called dextrose.

2. liquid g.

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liquid glucose  a thick, sweet, syrupy liquid obtained by incomplete hydrolysis of starch and consisting chiefly of dextrose, with dextrins, maltose, and water; used as a pharmaceutic aid.

glucose 1-phosphate  an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism.

glucose 6-phosphate  an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism.

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glucose 6-phosphate,

an intermediate compound in carbohydrate metabolism.