L-Glucose
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 Haworth projection of α-L-Glucopyranose | |
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L-Glucose | |
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| Abbreviations | L-Glc |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.011.881 |
| EC Number | 213-068-3 |
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| Properties | |
| C6H12O6 | |
| Molar mass | 180.16 g·mol−1 |
| Density | 1.54 g/cm3 |
| 91 g/100 mL | |
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| Safety data sheet | ICSC 0865 |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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L-Glucose is an organic compound with formula C6H12O6 or H–(C=O)–(CHOH)5–H, specifically one of the aldohexose monosaccharides. As the L-isomer of glucose, it is the enantiomer of the more common D-glucose.
L-Glucose does not occur naturally in higher living organisms, but can be synthesized in the laboratory. L-Glucose is indistinguishable in taste from D-glucose,[1] but cannot be used by living organisms as source of energy because it cannot be phosphorylated by hexokinase, the first enzyme in the glycolysis pathway. One of the known exceptions is in Burkholderia caryophylli, a plant pathogenic bacterium, which contains the enzyme D-threo-aldose 1-dehydrogenase which is capable of oxidizing L-glucose[2]
Like the D-isomer, L-glucose usually occurs as one of four cyclic structural isomers — α- and β-L-glucopyranose (the most common, with a six-atom ring), and α- and β-L-glucofuranose (with a five-atom ring). In water solution, these isomers interconvert in matters of hours, with the open-chain form as an intermediate stage.
Uses
L-Glucose was once proposed as a low-calorie sweetener and it is suitable for patients with diabetes mellitus, but it was never marketed due to excessive manufacturing costs.[1]
The acetate derivative of L-glucose, L-glucose pentaacetate, was found to stimulate insulin release, and might therefore be of therapeutic value for type 2 diabetes.[3] L-Glucose was also found to be a laxative, and has been proposed as a colon-cleansing agent which would not produce the disruption of fluid and electrolyte levels associated with the significant liquid quantities of (bad-tasting) osmotic laxatives conventionally used in preparation for colonoscopy.[4]
References
- 1 2 A Natural Way to Stay Sweet, NASA, retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ↑ Sasajima, K.; Sinskey, A. (1979). "Oxidation of l-glucose by a Pseudomonad". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology. 571: 120–126. PMID 40609. doi:10.1016/0005-2744(79)90232-8.
- ↑ Malaisse, W. J. (1998), "The riddle of L-glucose pentaacetate insulinotropic action", Int. J. Mol. Med., 2 (4): 383–88, doi:10.3892/ijmm.2.4.383.
- ↑ Raymer, Geoffrey S.; Hartman, Donald E.; Rowe, William A.; Werkman, Robert F.; Koch, Kenneth L. (2003), "An open-label trial of L-glucose as a colon-cleansing agent before colonoscopy", Gastrointest. Endosc., 58 (1): 30–35, PMID 12838217, doi:10.1067/mge.2003.293