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pathways for the utilization of carbohydrates starch granules
Learn about the structures and uses of the simple sugars glucose, fructose, and galactose
lactose crystal composition of cellulose and glucose
Discover how glucose and oxygen produced during photosynthesis in plants helps during respiration in animals
carbohydrate; human nutrition
The chemistry of digestion: How food is broken down
How large biological molecules keep us alive
Uncover the science of why some foods taste sweet
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lactose crystal
composition of cellulose and glucose
carbohydrate; human nutrition
Learn about the structures and uses of the simple sugars glucose, fructose, and galactose
Discover how glucose and oxygen produced during photosynthesis in plants helps during respiration in animals
The chemistry of digestion: How food is broken down
How large biological molecules keep us alive
Uncover the science of why some foods taste sweet
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Eduard Buchner
German biochemist
Emil Fischer.
Emil Fischer
German chemist
Stoddart, J. Fraser
J. Fraser Stoddart
British-American chemist
Norman Haworth, c. 1920.
Sir Norman Haworth
British chemist
Gustav Georg Embden
German chemist
Leloir, Luis Federico
Luis Federico Leloir
Argentine biochemist
J.J.R. Macleod, 1920
J.J.R. Macleod
Scottish physiologist