What Is The Chemical Name and Formula for Sugar?

Discover what sugar is made of, how it forms, and its chemical name and formula. Learn about its properties and everyday uses in food and energy.
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Understanding and manipulating sucrose phloem loading, unloading, metabolism, and signalling to enhance crop yield and food security

Sucrose is produced in, and translocated from, photosynthetically active leaves (sources) to support non-photosynthetic tissues (sinks), such as developing seeds, fruits, and tubers. Different plants ...
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Tomato fruit sugar control: Unraveling the role of SlSWEET10a in sucrose transport regulation

A research team identified SlSWEET10a (Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporter 10a) as a plasma-localized sucrose transporter that interacts with SlSWEET14, playing a crucial role in regulating ...
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Both Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Increased Health Risks

Consuming sucrose and high fructose corn-sweetened beverages increases liver fat and decreases insulin sensitivity Decreased insulin sensitivity is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes Significant ...
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Sugar blocker: Evolva’s new ingredient obstructs the body’s ability to digest sucrose

Swiss biotech company Evolva is launching a natural sugar blocker for food and drink applications. L-arabinose is also a reducing sugar, the company’s head of investor and corporate relations tells ...
Reuters

Limit sucrose as painkiller for newborns: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving newborns a small dose of a sucrose (sugar) solution seems to ease pain associated with having blood taken (venipuncture) for the standard newborn screening test but ...
University of California

Both sucrose and high fructose corn syrup linked to increased health risks

Consuming sucrose, the more “natural form of sugar,” may be as bad for your health as consuming high fructose corn syrup, according to a UC Davis, study published in the Journal of Clinical ...