D-Glucose-d12

The Uses of D-Glucose-d12

(D-GLUCOSE-D12) Labelled D-Glucose is a simple sugar that is present in plants. A monosaccharide that may exist in open chain or cyclic conformation if in solution. It plays a vital role in photosynthesis and fuels the energy required for cellular respiration. D-Glucose is used in various metabolic processes including enzymic synthesis of cyclohexyl-α and β-D-glucosides. Can also be used as a diagnostic tool in detection of type 2 diabetes mellitus and potentially Huntington's disease through analysis of blood-glucose in type 1 diabetes mellitus.

The Uses of D-Glucose-d12

D-Glucose-d₁₂ has been used as a stable isotope internal standard to study the metabolic pathways of carbon substrates and to understand the complex physiological systems in single cells of microbial communities using Raman microspectroscopy, coupled with deuterium isotope probing (Raman-DIP).