hexose sugar

hexose sugar

a sugar containing six carbon atoms (e.g. glucose, C6H12 O6). Hexose sugars are the basic building blocks for more complex CARBOHYDRATES.
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Homofermentative lactic acid bacteria metabolize hexose sugar entirely by Embden-Meyerhof pathway [4].
Metabolic Engineered Biocatalyst: A Solution for PLA Based Problems
Mannitol, an hexose sugar alcohol, also increased in all studied genotypes with the reduction of temperature (Table 2), with Catucai showing the highest percentage and absolute values changes at 13/8[degrees]C and 3x13/4[degrees]C.
Cold induced changes on sugar contents and respiratory enzyme activities in coffee genotypes/Alteracoes dos teores de acucares e da atividade de enzimas do metabolismo respiratorio em genotipos de cafe submetidos ao frio
Two moles of formaldehyde are formed from hexose sugar. The amount of formaldehyde produced was quantified as the fluorescent adduct formed by condensation of formaldehyde with acetyl acetone and ammonia.
Glycation inhibition activity of 5-Sulfosalicyclic acid in diabetic condition
In contrast, adjustment for plasma glucose considerably weakened the metabolite-disease associations for molecules annotated as "tetrahydroxyhexanoic acid and/or hexose sugar (e.g., glucose, fructose, inositol), " isopentenyladenosine-5; -monophosphate, and hydroxymethylbutenyl diphosphate.
Untargeted metabolic profiling identifies altered serum metabolites of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a prospective, nested case control study
Nectar sugars used by bees are the hexose sugars fructose and glucose, and the disaccharide sucrose, which is comprised of glucose and fructose.
A Review of Native Wild Bee Nutritional Health
An idial organism has capability of consuming both pentoses and hexose sugars, high tolerance against substrate; ethanol as well as inhibiting compound, high ethanol yield and minimum nutrient requirement is the essential features of an ideal microorganism (Van Zyl et al., 2007).
Technological Processes for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Bioethanol
Studies of the Toxoplasma gondii sugar transporter, TgGTl, revealed its ability to transport several hexose sugars (glucose, mannose, fructose, and galactose) [13].
Evolution of the Apicomplexan Sugar Transporter Gene Family Repertoire
CIS occurs due to the imbalance among the rate of starch breakdown and the metabolism of resulting sucrose, a few of which enters in the vacuole where it can be irreversibly cleaved by acid invertase enzyme to the hexose sugars i.e.
Assessing the Processing Quality of Different Potato Cultivars during Storage at Various Temperatures
Higher serum concentrations of purine nucleotide isopentenyladenosine-5; -monophosphate showed an association with a higher risk ofT2D, and for the large group of hexose sugars and derivatives, both positive and negative associations were detected.
Comprehensive metabolomic profiling of type 2 diabetes
tyrobutyricum has the ability to transfer both pentose and hexose sugars but the xylose uptaking speed is lower than that of glucose.
A review on bio-butyric acid production and its optimization
asserted that any raw material that contains hexose sugars or can be converted to these sugars can be used as the feedstock for fermentation process.
An examination of the process of producing bioethanol from sugarcane bagasse (molasses)
Biological, enzymatic, or microbial hydrolysis commonly involves four biologically-mediated transformations: the production of saccharolytic enzymes (cellulases and hemicellulases); the hydrolysis of carbohydrate components present in pretreated biomass to sugars; the fermentation of hexose sugars (glucose mannose, and galactose); and the fermentation of pentose sugars, xylose and arabinose [3, 4].
Effects of various microorganisms and pretreatments on microbial degradation of lignocellulosic materials

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