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12 years ago

Which sugar is the most efficient, fructose or glucose . Was this an expected result? How can we explain the difference in efficiency?

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I believe glucose was the most efficient in terms of yeast fermentation, because more CO2 was produced at a greater rate in a short amount of time during fermentation of yeast. This was expected, because glucose is a monossacharide which is a primary input for glycolysis which leads in fermentation, and fructose is also a monossacharide coming from fruits but it has a different structure.

i don't how to explain all this in terms on fermentation
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12 years ago
Both of these monosaccharides can be used to produced energy, but glucose is more efficient of the two. Both glucose and fructose have the same molecular formula, C6H12O6, and form a hexacarbon ring. The only difference lies in the hydrogen-oxygen arrangements. Glucose is directly used in the glycolysis cycle and does not require any extra energy to convert it into a usable form. Fructose cannot be used immediately in the glycolysis chain, but has to be altered to enter the chain as one of the intermediates.

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12 years ago
Both of these monosaccharides can be used to produced energy, but glucose is more efficient of the two. Both glucose and fructose have the same molecular formula, C6H12O6, and form a hexacarbon ring. The only difference lies in the hydrogen-oxygen arrangements. Glucose is directly used in the glycolysis cycle and does not require any extra energy to convert it into a usable form. Fructose cannot be used immediately in the glycolysis chain, but has to be altered to enter the chain as one of the intermediates.

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can u explain it, in relation to yeast fermentation ?
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12 years ago
More CO2 is produced when you expose glucose to the yeast versus when you expose it to fructose. Is that what you're looking for?
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thusaan100 Author
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12 years ago
More CO2 is produced when you expose glucose to the yeast versus when you expose it to fructose. Is that what you're looking for?
yee i guess. But why is it that more CO2 is produced when exposed to glucose than fructose ?
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12 years ago
same molecular formula, C6H12O6, and form a hexacarbon ring

More CO2 indicates that higher levels of cellular respiration is taking place, since carbon dioxide is a by-product of oxidation. Therefore, carbon dioxide produced can be directly related to the energy produced through fermentation because carbon dioxide is a by-product of ethanol fermentation.
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