Which of these statements is NOT true about glucose?
A
The energy released from glucose is used to produce ATP during respiration
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B
Stored as glycogen in plants and starch in humans
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C
It is an aldose sugar
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D
It is present in both D and L forms
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Solution
The correct option is B
Stored as glycogen in plants and starch in humans
Glucose is an aldose sugar, that is it has an aldehyde functional group and is found both in D- and L- form, based on the arrangement of the functional groups around the asymmetric carbon atoms. Glucose is stored in plants as a polymer called starch and in animals as glycogen.