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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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It is an aldose sugar

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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.

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